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Peter Weiss

1916 - 1982

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Peter Ulrich Weiss (Pseudonym: Sinclair; * 8. November 1916 in Nowawes bei Potsdam; † 10. Mai 1982 in Stockholm) war ein deutsch-schwedischer Schriftsteller, Maler, Grafiker und Experimentalfilmer. Peter Weiss erwarb sich in der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur gleichermaßen als Vertreter einer avantgardistischen, minutiösen Beschreibungsliteratur, als Verfasser autobiographischer Prosa wie auch als politisch engagierter Dramatiker einen Namen. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Weiss is the 958th most popular schriftsteller (down from 862nd in 2024), the 951st most popular biography from Germany (down from 820th in 2019) and the 60th most popular German Schriftsteller.

Peter Weiss was a German-born playwright and painter who was most famous for his play, "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade."

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Among Schriftstellers

Among schriftstellers, Peter Weiss ranks 958 out of 7,302. Before him are Samuel Butler, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, George Steiner, Ernesto Sabato, Hrotsvitha, and Horatio Alger. After him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Silius Italicus, John Updike, Panait Istrati, Juliette Récamier, and John Fante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Peter Weiss ranks 44. Before him are Bernard Lewis, Emil Gilels, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Masaki Kobayashi, Virginia Satir, and Marcel Cerdan. After him are Peter Finch, Amha Selassie, C. Wright Mills, Raf Vallone, P. W. Botha, and Dino Risi. Among people deceased in 1982, Peter Weiss ranks 46. Before him are Jiro Horikoshi, Lee Strasberg, Varlam Shalamov, Walther Wenck, Ahmad al-Khatib, and John Belushi. After him are Hermann Balck, Helen of Greece and Denmark, E. H. Carr, Bachir Gemayel, Thelonious Monk, and Meša Selimović.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Weiss ranks 951 out of 7,253. Before him are Hrotsvitha (935), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Helmut Rahn (1929), and Herta Oberheuser (1911). After him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Frank Wedekind (1864), Carl Stamitz (1745), George, King of Saxony (1832), Johann Elert Bode (1747), and August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818).

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Among Schriftstellers In Germany

Among schriftstellers born in Germany, Peter Weiss ranks 60. Before him are Kurt Eisner (1867), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Hans Sachs (1494), Stefan George (1868), and Hrotsvitha (935). After him are Frank Wedekind (1864), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Bettina von Arnim (1785), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), and August von Kotzebue (1761).

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