WRITER

Wolfgang Iser

1926 - 2007

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Wolfgang Iser (22 July 1926 – 24 January 2007) was a German literary scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Iser has received more than 201,151 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Iser is the 2,827th most popular writer (down from 2,294th in 2019), the 2,982nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,383rd in 2019) and the 183rd most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Stepping Forward
Literature, History and criticism
2000
Der implizite Leser
History and criticism, Reader-response criticism, Fiction
1972
Akt des Lesens
Reader-response criticism, History and criticism, Literature
1978
The Implied Reader
History and criticism, Reader-response criticism, Fiction
1974
Laurence Sterne
1988
Prospecting
Criticism
1989

Page views of Wolfgang Isers by language

Over the past year Wolfgang Iser has had the most page views in the with 20,963 views, followed by German (4,496), and Spanish (3,476). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (24.61%), Persian (22.35%), and Catalan (9.91%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wolfgang Iser ranks 2,827 out of 7,302. Before him are Vilhelm Moberg, Ram Prasad Bismil, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Jorge Bucay, R. A. Salvatore, and Aeneas Tacticus. After him are Louis Couperus, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Hitoshi Igarashi, Adam Michnik, Joseph Delaney, and John the Lydian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Wolfgang Iser ranks 184. Before him are James Samuel Coleman, Shigeru Kayano, Alfred Pfaff, Mickey Hargitay, Frank Finlay, and Johanna Quandt. After him are Mahasweta Devi, Anne McCaffrey, Georges Lautner, Michael Bond, Richard Anderson, and Ivica Horvat. Among people deceased in 2007, Wolfgang Iser ranks 150. Before him are Holden Roberto, George Tabori, Marianne Fredriksson, Manuel Bento, Reg Park, and Ronald Speirs. After him are Salomon Morel, Lee Hazlewood, Max Roach, Nazik Al-Malaika, Gohar Gasparyan, and Osvaldo Cavandoli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Iser ranks 2,982 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Therese of Bavaria (1850), Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1680), Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805), Bernhard Kellermann (1879), Gustav Lombard (1895), and Carlos Schwabe (1866). After him are Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria (1052), Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932), Rudolf Stammler (1856), Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1751), Thilo Sarrazin (1945), and Menahem Pressler (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wolfgang Iser ranks 183. Before him are Cornelia Funke (1958), Ludwig Rellstab (1799), Sebastian Franck (1499), Mina Witkojc (1893), Alice Schwarzer (1942), and Malwida von Meysenbug (1816). After him are Heinrich Vogeler (1872), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Joseph Görres (1776), Albert of Aix (1060), Ricarda Huch (1864), and Alfred Andersch (1914).

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