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Alexander Abusch

1902 - 1982

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Alexander Abusch (14 February 1902 – 27 January 1982) was a German journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician. According to one source he was born into a Jewish family in Kraków, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary. According to another source, he was born in Nuremberg, where, in the suburb of Gostenhof, he grew up, attended school, served his apprenticeship and had his first full-time job. His father worked as a coachman and scrap metal dealer, and later opened a hat shop. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Abusch is the 4,902nd most popular writer (down from 4,891st in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from Poland (down from 995th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander Abusch ranks 4,902 out of 7,302. Before him are Heðin Brú, William Gibson, Alina Fernández, Simon Leys, Georg Calixtus, and Andrejs Upīts. After him are Álvaro Pombo, Eugène Guillevic, Linn Ullmann, Pherecrates, Martin Kukučín, and Erik Hornung.

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Among people born in 1902, Alexander Abusch ranks 245. Before him are Edward Condon, Nils Rosén, Princess Sophie of Luxembourg, Johan Borgen, Myrtle Cook, and Josef von Báky. After him are Otto Winzer, Giuseppe Lepori, Ernő Goldfinger, Leopold Lindtberg, Bobby Jones, and Sigizmund Levanevsky. Among people deceased in 1982, Alexander Abusch ranks 209. Before him are Nikolai Kamanin, Elis Wiklund, Tomás Romero Pereira, Victor Buono, Beb Bakhuys, and Boris Andreyev. After him are Lightnin' Hopkins, Katherine Rawls, Hal Foster, Jovan Miladinović, Francisco Martínez Soria, and John Gardner.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alexander Abusch ranks 1,005 out of 1,694. Before him are Walter Leistikow (1865), Edward Babiuch (1927), Leon Kozłowski (1892), Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951), Hyman G. Rickover (1900), and Lothar Bolz (1903). After him are Franz Mertens (1840), Stanisław Wielgus (1939), Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865), Igor Newerly (1903), Halina Poświatowska (1935), and Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Alexander Abusch ranks 122. Before him are Marek Hłasko (1934), Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891), Jan Chryzostom Pasek (1636), Klabund (1890), Arkady Fiedler (1894), and Horst Bienek (1930). After him are Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865), Igor Newerly (1903), Halina Poświatowska (1935), Jan Kasprowicz (1860), Anna Louisa Karsch (1722), and Antoni Lange (1862).

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