WRITER

Wolf Erlbruch

1948 - 2022

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Wolf Erlbruch (30 June 1948 – 11 December 2022) was a German illustrator and writer of children's books, who became professor at several universities. He combined various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting. His style was sometimes surrealist and is widely copied inside and outside Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolf Erlbruch has received more than 81,673 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolf Erlbruch is the 5,017th most popular writer, the 4,693rd most popular biography from Germany and the 304th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 82k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La Gran Pregunta
2005
The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business
Picture books, Animal stories, Child and youth fiction
1996
Die wundersame Reise des kleinen Kröterichs
Toads, Animals, Fiction
1998
El topo que quería saber quién se había hecho aquello en su cabeza
2009
Zehn grüne Heringe..
1999
Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat
Animals, Defecation, Fiction
When Little Mole tries to find out who pooped on his head, the other animals show him how they poop in order to prove their innocence.
1994

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wolf Erlbruch ranks 5,017 out of 7,302. Before him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Margery Allingham, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Anna Maria Ortese, Joanna Russ, and Paul Theroux. After him are Pratibha Ray, Michael Hirst, Nicolaas Beets, Rosa Liksom, Aemilius Macer, and Peer Hultberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Wolf Erlbruch ranks 465. Before him are Rocco Buttiglione, Pekka Vasala, Florea Dumitrache, Michael Kitchen, Jan van Beveren, and Ernst Jean-Joseph. After him are Norbert Nigbur, Manfred Kokot, Terry Bradshaw, Mikhail Chigir, Laurent Voulzy, and Givi Nodia. Among people deceased in 2022, Wolf Erlbruch ranks 372. Before him are Louie Anderson, Dieter Henrich, Gheorghe Berceanu, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Norman Mineta, and Borislav Ivkov. After him are İsmail Ogan, Ash Carter, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Gennady Burbulis, Harrison Birtwistle, and Davide Rebellin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolf Erlbruch ranks 4,693 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich L. Bauer (1924), Petra Felke (1959), Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940), Hans Jakob (1908), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), and Christa Stubnick (1933). After him are Norbert Nigbur (1948), Theodore Thomas (1835), Gerd Wessig (1959), Ossi Oswalda (1897), Jürgen Möllemann (1945), and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (1807).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wolf Erlbruch ranks 304. Before him are Mira Lobe (1913), Mato Kósyk (1853), Adolf Brand (1874), Jakob van Hoddis (1887), Günter Kunert (1929), and Johann Gottfried Seume (1763). After him are Hermann Kant (1926), Heinrich Zschokke (1771), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916), Ludwig Thoma (1867), and Peter Härtling (1933).

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