WRITER

Werner Bergengruen

1892 - 1964

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Werner Bergengruen (September 16, 1892 – September 4, 1964) was a Baltic German novelist and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Bergengruen has received more than 34,870 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Werner Bergengruen is the 4,821st most popular writer (up from 4,827th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 139th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

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  • 48.07

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Römisches Erinnerungsbuch
Description and travel
1957
Der Grosstyrann und das Gericht
1935
Das Hornunger Heimweh
1943
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Authors, German, Biography, German Authors
1944
Die drei Falken
1947
Badekur des Herzens
1933

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Werner Bergengruen ranks 4,821 out of 7,302. Before him are Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Cordelia Edvardson, Juhan Liiv, Milena Rudnytska, Françoise Mallet-Joris, and Jaroslav Pelikan. After him are David Weber, Harriet Jacobs, Marc Okrand, Robert of Torigni, Ōtomo no Tabito, and Zig Ziglar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Werner Bergengruen ranks 221. Before him are Walter Bathe, Vilmos Apor, Gerhard Rohlfs, Graciliano Ramos, Jaan Kikkas, and Milena Rudnytska. After him are Aleksandra Beļcova, Cuno Hoffmeister, Mississippi John Hurt, Hal Foster, Al St. John, and Fedir Bohatyrchuk. Among people deceased in 1964, Werner Bergengruen ranks 150. Before him are Agnes Miegel, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Edith Sitwell, Patrick Ryan, Albina Osipowich, and Axel Norling. After him are Luis Batlle Berres, Steponas Kairys, Paul A. Baran, Arpenik Nalbandyan, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and Lillian Copeland.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Werner Bergengruen ranks 140 out of 323. Before him are Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Eliyahu Rips (1948), Rutanya Alda (1942), Evika Siliņa (1975), Jānis Daliņš (1904), and Jānis Ivanovs (1906). After him are Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838), Imants Ziedonis (1933), Indra Devi (1899), Valdis Birkavs (1942), Andris Bērziņš (1951), and Marija Naumova (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Werner Bergengruen ranks 19. Before him are Vizma Belševica (1931), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Erik Hornung (1933), and Aleksandrs Čaks (1901). After him are Imants Ziedonis (1933), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Anna Brigadere (1861), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Astrid Ivask (1926), and Atis Kronvalds (1837).

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