WRITER

Walter Moers

1957 - Today

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Walter Moers (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈmœʁs] ; born 24 May 1957 in Mönchengladbach) is a German comic artist, illustrator and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Moers has received more than 209,370 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Moers is the 5,685th most popular writer (down from 5,304th in 2019), the 5,119th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,532nd in 2019) and the 338th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear
2001
A Wild Ride Through the Night
2003
Rumo
2006
Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher
2004
Adolf
Comic books, strips, Pictorial German wit and humor
1998
The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonia 3)
2006

Page views of Walter Moers by language

Over the past year Walter Moers has had the most page views in the with 184,516 views, followed by English (25,709), and Italian (4,435). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (60.45%), Hungarian (60.11%), and Simple English (31.55%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Moers ranks 5,685 out of 7,302. Before him are Hugh Walpole, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Gwendolyn Brooks, Herberto Hélder, Cynthia McLeod, and Lew Rockwell. After him are Donald Richie, John Holt, Charles Allston Collins, Willi Apel, Lualhati Bautista, and Erwin Strittmatter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Walter Moers ranks 371. Before him are Silvio Orlando, Karen Pence, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Bruce Payne, Rosalind Chao, and Arto Tunçboyacıyan. After him are Antonio Maceda, François Asselineau, Patricia Tallman, Amina Bouayach, Manuel Rivas, and Nana Visitor.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Moers ranks 5,119 out of 7,253. Before him are Christine Lambrecht (1965), Karl Jatho (1873), Siegmar Wätzlich (1947), Sebastian Kehl (1980), Bernd Leno (1992), and Hans Pflügler (1960). After him are Gisela May (1924), Helga Niessen Masthoff (1941), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), Paul Weinstein (1878), Walter Jens (1923), and Heidi Biebl (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Walter Moers ranks 338. Before him are Stefan Andres (1906), Douglas Coupland (1961), August Spies (1855), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Peter Wohlleben (1964), and H. A. Rey (1898). After him are Erwin Strittmatter (1912), Ralf König (1960), Kito Lorenc (1938), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), Irmtraud Morgner (1933), and Marina Lewycka (1946).

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