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Angel Wagenstein

1922 - 2023

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Angel Raymond Wagenstein (Bulgarian: Анжел Раймонд Вагенщайн; 17 October 1922 – 29 June 2023) was a Bulgarian screenwriter and author. He was the author of over fifty screenplays for films, documentaries and cartoons and is most known for his movies about Bulgarian Communists. His 1959 film, Stars, was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. His novel, Far from Toledo, was awarded the Sorbonne's Alberto Benveniste annual prize in 2002, while the novel Farewell Shanghai received the Jean Monnet Prize for European literature in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angel Wagenstein is the 3,900th most popular writer (down from 3,304th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 139th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Angel Wagenstein ranks 3,900 out of 7,302. Before him are Gennadius of Massilia, Veniamin Kaverin, Eiko Kadono, Leopold Zunz, Zenta Mauriņa, and Gertrude Jekyll. After him are Kjartan Fløgstad, Javier Cercas, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Voltairine de Cleyre, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, and Mato Kósyk.

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Among people born in 1922, Angel Wagenstein ranks 244. Before him are Sinan Hasani, Július Torma, Marlyn Meltzer, Barbara Hale, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, and Blaga Dimitrova. After him are Lyndon LaRouche, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Pino Cerami, Michel Auclair, Donald Keene, and Lorenzo Antonetti. Among people deceased in 2023, Angel Wagenstein ranks 269. Before him are Klaus Teuber, Renate Boy, Reino Börjesson, Paul Johnson, Johan Leysen, and Raoul Servais. After him are John Zizioulas, Christian Atsu, Terry Venables, M. S. Swaminathan, Wilferd Madelung, and Dževad Karahasan.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Angel Wagenstein ranks 156 out of 415. Before him are Nikolai Denkov (1962), Petko Slaveykov (1827), Georgi Ivanov (1940), Teres I (-470), Nikola Ivanov (1861), and Blaga Dimitrova (1922). After him are Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), Teodor Teodorov (1859), Nina Dobrev (1989), Anton Pann (1796), Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis (1913), and Yordan Letchkov (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Angel Wagenstein ranks 15. Before him are Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Constantine of Preslav (900), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Elin Pelin (1877), Petko Slaveykov (1827), and Blaga Dimitrova (1922). After him are Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), Anton Pann (1796), Ferdinand Bruckner (1891), Aleko Konstantinov (1863), Lyuben Karavelov (1834), and Peyo Yavorov (1878).

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