WRITER

Walter Hasenclever

1890 - 1940

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Walter Georg Alfred Hasenclever (8 July 1890 – 22 June 1940) was a German Jewish Expressionist poet and playwright. His works were banned when the Nazis came to power and he went into exile in France. There he was imprisoned as a "foreign enemy". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Hasenclever has received more than 70,798 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Walter Hasenclever is the 3,093rd most popular writer (down from 3,092nd in 2019), the 3,232nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,111th in 2019) and the 198th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

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  • 52.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Gedichte, Dramen, Prosa
1963
Jenseits
1920
Antigone
Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama, Accessible book
1918
Gedichte, Dramen, Prose
1963
Irrtum und Leidenschaft
1969
Die Pest
1920
Antigone
Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama
1918
Die Pest
1920
Gedichte, Dramen, Prosa
1963
Der Sohn
German drama
1914
Antigone
1919
Die Menschen
1918

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Hasenclever ranks 3,093 out of 7,302. Before him are Vicente Huidobro, Susanna Tamaro, Marie-Joseph Chénier, Anne Applebaum, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, and Hermann Rauschning. After him are Jojo Moyes, Dracontius, Charlie Kaufman, Zivia Lubetkin, Luigi Alamanni, and José Lezama Lima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Walter Hasenclever ranks 124. Before him are Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Fritz Busch, Elizabeth Bolden, André-Louis Danjon, Henny Porten, and Dion Fortune. After him are Elia Abu Madi, Sigurd Hoel, André Gobert, Helge Løvland, Erich Weinert, and Gösta Ekman. Among people deceased in 1940, Walter Hasenclever ranks 90. Before him are Arthur Rostron, Yevhen Petrushevych, Madeleine Astor, Ivane Javakhishvili, Umberto Caligaris, and Robert Maillart. After him are Gunnar Höckert, Ben Turpin, Wilhelm Stekel, Gyula Kellner, Wehib Pasha, and Marcel Granet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Hasenclever ranks 3,232 out of 7,253. Before him are Auguste von Harrach (1800), Margitta Gummel (1941), Elia Levita (1469), Albert Niemann (1834), Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), and Paul Bader (1883). After him are Gustav Fehn (1892), Joachim Lemelsen (1888), Freimut Börngen (1930), Jürgen Croy (1946), Lorenz Heister (1683), and Anita Berber (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Walter Hasenclever ranks 198. Before him are Friedrich Wolf (1888), Richard Dehmel (1863), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Arno Schmidt (1914), Elia Levita (1469), and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826). After him are Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733), Georg Sauerwein (1831), Paul Fleming (1609), Janosch (1931), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), and Lily Braun (1865).

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