WRITER

Wolfram von Eschenbach

1170 - 1220

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Wolfram von Eschenbach (German: [ˈvɔlfʁam fɔn ˈɛʃn̩bax]; c. 1160/80 – c. 1220) was a German knight, poet and composer, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of medieval German literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfram von Eschenbach has received more than 344,720 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Wolfram von Eschenbach is the 453rd most popular writer (up from 466th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Germany (up from 423rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Writer.

Wolfram von Eschenbach is most famous for writing Parzival, a medieval German epic poem.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wolfram von Eschenbach ranks 453 out of 7,302. Before him are Ammianus Marcellinus, Karl Barth, Gabriela Mistral, Susan Sontag, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Boris Vian. After him are Jack Kerouac, Jacques Hébert, Héloïse, Graham Greene, Vasily Grossman, and Lesya Ukrainka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Wolfram von Eschenbach ranks 4. Before him are Fibonacci, Saint Dominic, and Valdemar II of Denmark. After him are Walther von der Vogelweide, Hermann von Salza, Constantine Laskaris, Muqali, Isabella of Hainault, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, and Jayadeva. Among people deceased in 1220, Wolfram von Eschenbach ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Saxo Grammaticus, and Attar of Nishapur. After him are Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal, Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Kaykaus I, Andreas Capellanus, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Giraut de Bornelh, and Richeza of Denmark.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfram von Eschenbach ranks 399 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederica of Hanover (1917), Franz Bopp (1791), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Sepp Maier (1944), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), and Bruno of Cologne (1030). After him are Joachim Peiper (1915), Julius von Mayer (1814), Hans Luther (1879), Otto Diels (1876), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), and Fanny Mendelssohn (1805).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wolfram von Eschenbach ranks 26. Before him are Michael Ende (1929), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Karl May (1842), Einhard (770), and Heinrich Mann (1871). After him are Traudl Junge (1920), Jean Paul (1763), Patrick Süskind (1949), Klaus Mann (1906), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), and Erich Kästner (1899).

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