WRITER

Urs Widmer

1938 - 2014

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Urs Widmer (21 May 1938 – 2 April 2014) was a Swiss novelist, playwright, an essayist, and a short story writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urs Widmer has received more than 23,248 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Urs Widmer is the 5,123rd most popular writer (down from 4,744th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 474th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Urs Widmer ranks 5,123 out of 7,302Before him are Stanislav Stratiev, Jonathan Stroud, Frank Norris, Ama Ata Aidoo, Juan de Mena, and Inger Hagerup. After him are Joel Chandler Harris, Abbas Sahhat, Warren Farrell, Edoardo Sanguineti, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, and Enzo Biagi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Urs Widmer ranks 414Before him are Viktor Kosichkin, Viktor Konovalenko, Elza Ibrahimova, Jorge Mendonça, Omar Caetano, and Haruhiro Yamashita. After him are Jon Sobrino, András Balczó, Nina Andreyeva, Sheila Dikshit, Hudson Austin, and Jerry Rubin. Among people deceased in 2014, Urs Widmer ranks 342Before him are Miloslava Rezková, J. E. Freeman, James Foley, Lori Sandri, China Zorrilla, and Efua Dorkenoo. After him are Ben Bradlee, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Buddy DeFranco, Anahita Ratebzad, Željko Šturanović, and Géza Gulyás.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Urs Widmer ranks 533 out of 1,015Before him are Béatrix Beck (1914), Pipilotti Rist (1962), Jacques Chessex (1934), Bibi Torriani (1911), Kubilay Türkyilmaz (1967), and Paul Scherrer (1890). After him are Adolf Muschg (1934), Denise Biellmann (1962), Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828), Heinz Schneiter (1935), Mario Frick (1974), and Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913).

Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Urs Widmer ranks 47Before him are Johann David Wyss (1743), Alain de Botton (1969), Martin Suter (1948), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Béatrix Beck (1914), and Jacques Chessex (1934). After him are Adolf Muschg (1934), Joël Dicker (1985), Christian Kracht (1966), Alphonse Matejka (1902), Kurt Marti (1921), and Peter Stamm (1963).