WRITER

Uwe Johnson

1934 - 1984

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Uwe Johnson (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈjoːnzɔn] ; 20 July 1934 – 22 February 1984) was a German writer, editor, and scholar. Such prominent writers and scholars as Günter Grass and Hans Mayer declared Johnson to be the most significant writer to emerge from East Germany. During the 1950s, he had troubles with the East German authorities, being treated as a "dissident" both for political reasons and for Modernist experiments in his works which made him opposed to the dominant doctrine of Socialist realism; after moving to West Berlin in 1959, he gained the label of "the author of the two Germanies", as, while criticizing East Germany as the state which betrayed the Socialist ideals, he didn't regard West Germany as a viable alternative and opposed the division of Germany in general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uwe Johnson has received more than 118,852 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Uwe Johnson is the 3,162nd most popular writer (down from 2,872nd in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 627th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

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  • 52.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jahrestage
Fiction
Gesine and her daughter, Marie, emigrate from West Germany to New York City, where they are caught up in the political events of 1968
1970
Speculations about Jakob
Government publications
A directory of U.S. government statistics publications by issuing agency. Entries include GPO stock number, LC and Dewey classification, OCLC and ISSN numbers, and sometimes a description. Includes geographic index.
1963
Das dritte Buch über Achim
1961
Zwei Ansichten
1965
Karsch, und andere Prosa
1964
Mutmassungen über Jakob
1959

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Uwe Johnson ranks 3,162 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacob Israël de Haan, Bronisława Wajs, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Jan Gruter, Yasmina Khadra, and Henry Kuttner. After him are Edgar Hilsenrath, Suryakant Tripathi, Eutychius of Alexandria, Yakov Perelman, Casimir Delavigne, and Rubem Fonseca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Uwe Johnson ranks 214. Before him are Akira Takarada, Vicar, Oleg Basilashvili, Kir Bulychev, Shirley Jones, and Aram Tigran. After him are Roberto Clemente, Lev Polugaevsky, Gennadiy Aygi, Fayza Ahmed, Juraj Herz, and Francisco J. Ayala. Among people deceased in 1984, Uwe Johnson ranks 115. Before him are Giuseppe Colombo, Blagoje Marjanović, Gino Bianco, John Marley, Fazıl Küçük, and Maximilian Fretter-Pico. After him are Matías González, Helge Løvland, Manès Sperber, Ansel Adams, Ciriaco Errasti, and Campanal I.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Uwe Johnson ranks 692 out of 1,694. Before him are Ottomar Anschütz (1846), Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), Bronisława Wajs (1908), Julie Guicciardi (1782), and Leopold Okulicki (1898). After him are August Zaleski (1883), Frederick II of Legnica (1480), Radosław Sikorski (1963), Yakov Perelman (1882), Ernst Wiechert (1887), and Halina Konopacka (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Uwe Johnson ranks 70. Before him are Alfred Kerr (1867), Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595), Nathan Alterman (1910), Hermann Rauschning (1887), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), and Bronisława Wajs (1908). After him are Yakov Perelman (1882), Ernst Wiechert (1887), Halina Konopacka (1900), Stefanie Zweig (1932), Maria Wirtemberska (1768), and Joanna Chmielewska (1932).

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