WRITER

Wolfdietrich Schnurre

1920 - 1989

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Wolfdietrich Schnurre (22 August 1920 – 9 June 1989) was a German writer. Best known for his short stories, he also wrote tales, diaries, poems, radio plays, and children's books. Born in Frankfurt am Main, and later raised in Berlin-Weißensee, he grew up in a lower-middle class family and did not receive a post-secondary education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfdietrich Schnurre has received more than 46,646 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfdietrich Schnurre is the 6,210th most popular writer, the 5,522nd most popular biography from Germany and the 353rd most popular German Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wolfdietrich Schnurre ranks 6,210 out of 7,302. Before him are Sida Košutić, Glenn Greenwald, Brian Jacques, Emma Willard, Flora Nwapa, and Pentti Haanpää. After him are Cynthia Ozick, Mikhail Gurevich, China Miéville, R. D. Blackmore, Nahum Tate, and Mary Lamb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Wolfdietrich Schnurre ranks 417. Before him are Edy Reinalter, Paul Scott, Joyce King, Friedrich Waller, Dorothy Abbott, and Duncan Hamilton. After him are Eric Brandon, Tony Gaze, Satish Dhawan, Josef Doležal, Wayne Thiebaud, and Simon Pimenta. Among people deceased in 1989, Wolfdietrich Schnurre ranks 277. Before him are Woody Shaw, Lawrence Stevens, Rebecca Schaeffer, Imre Hódos, Lennox Berkeley, and Amanda Blake. After him are May Allison, Pua Kealoha, S. David Griggs, Ursula Knab, Constance Binney, and Robert B. Anderson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfdietrich Schnurre ranks 5,522 out of 7,253. Before him are Rosa Kellner (1910), Dietmar Mögenburg (1961), Manfred Zapf (1946), Tilly Edinger (1897), Arón Piper (1997), and Barbara Petzold (1955). After him are Liesel Westermann (1944), Alex Christensen (1967), Achim Müller (1938), Boris Gulko (1947), Fritz Fromm (1913), and Alfred Bohrmann (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wolfdietrich Schnurre ranks 353. Before him are Wilhelm Genazino (1943), Timur Vermes (1967), Monika Maron (1941), Brigitte Kronauer (1940), Andreas Eschbach (1959), and Daniel Kehlmann (1975). After him are Sybille Bedford (1911), Wolf Blitzer (1948), Graciano Rocchigiani (1963), Jenny Erpenbeck (1967), Denis Johnson (1949), and Ralf Rothmann (1953).

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