WRITER

Walter Kempowski

1929 - 2007

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Walter Kempowski (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ kɛmˈpɔfskiː] ; 29 April 1929 – 5 October 2007) was a German writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Kempowski has received more than 87,824 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Kempowski is the 3,790th most popular writer (up from 4,268th in 2019), the 3,819th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,919th in 2019) and the 228th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Aus grosser Zeit
Familie, Reeder
1978
Im Block
Political prisoners, Political crimes and offenses
1969
Das Echolot
German diaries, Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945
1993
Heile Welt
1998
Schöne Aussicht
1981
Ein Kapitel für sich
1975

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Kempowski ranks 3,790 out of 7,302. Before him are Iain Banks, Lise Nørgaard, Johannes Bobrowski, Gordon R. Dickson, Viveca Sten, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina. After him are Francis Marrash, Israel Zangwill, Zhou Zuoren, Diphilus, Remmius Palaemon, and Antonio Buero Vallejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Walter Kempowski ranks 273. Before him are Francesco Alberoni, Tomislav Crnković, Marilyn French, Paavo Berglund, Kiki Håkansson, and Carlo Ubbiali. After him are Duje Bonačić, Jane Powell, Rolan Bykov, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Ruth Pfau, and Vang Pao. Among people deceased in 2007, Walter Kempowski ranks 199. Before him are Kirill Lavrov, Luis Herrera Campins, Driss Chraïbi, Mariano Gonzalvo, Vlatko Pavletić, and Theodore Maiman. After him are Néstor Rossi, Mark St. John, Jörg Immendorff, Nicolae Dobrin, Paek Nam-sun, and Carl-Henning Pedersen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Kempowski ranks 3,819 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), Inge Borkh (1921), Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Johann Georg Halske (1814), Wolfgang Kleff (1946), and Blixa Bargeld (1959). After him are Ludowika Jakobsson (1884), Petra Schürmann (1933), Maximilian von Edelsheim (1897), Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Gustav Hartlaub (1814), and Jörg Immendorff (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Walter Kempowski ranks 228. Before him are Sylvia Nasar (1947), Robert Jungk (1913), Glückel of Hameln (1646), Bruno Apitz (1900), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), and Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810). After him are Irmgard Keun (1905), Johann Most (1846), Botho Strauß (1944), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), and Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744).

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