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Annemarie Selinko

1914 - 1986

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Annemarie Selinko (1 September 1914 – 28 July 1986) was an Austrian novelist who wrote a number of best-selling books in German from the 1930s through the 1950s. Although she had been based in Germany, in 1939 at the start of World War II she took refuge in Denmark with her Danish husband, but then in 1943, they again became refugees, this time to Sweden. Many of her novels have been adapted into movies and all have been translated into numerous languages. Her last work Désirée (1951) was about Désirée Clary, the one-time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte and later Queen of Sweden and Norway. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Annemarie Selinko is the 4,247th most popular writer (down from 4,235th in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Austria (down from 784th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Annemarie Selinko ranks 4,247 out of 7,302. Before her are Raphael Holinshed, Marilynne Robinson, James Krüss, Pyotr Vyazemsky, Radclyffe Hall, and Natallia Arsiennieva. After her are Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Osip Brik, Adrienne Clarkson, Josefina Pla, Ildefonso Falcones, and Joachim Ringelnatz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Annemarie Selinko ranks 250. Before her are Ehrenfried Patzel, Ralph Erskine, Akira Ifukube, Giuseppe Baldo, Hendrik Isemborghs, and Renato Olmi. After her are Wolfgang Windgassen, Emmanuel Roblès, Carl Scarborough, Gisèle Casadesus, Jijé, and Hugh Trevor-Roper. Among people deceased in 1986, Annemarie Selinko ranks 175. Before her are Jaroslav Burgr, István Pelle, Floyd Gottfredson, Jacques Plante, Lars-Erik Larsson, and Hal B. Wallis. After her are Vicente Trueba, Kunio Maekawa, Gerhard Rohlfs, Daniel Balavoine, Nils Ramm, and Michal Vičan.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Annemarie Selinko ranks 801 out of 1,424. Before her are Friedrich Waismann (1896), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), Theodore Bikel (1924), Helena Rasiowa (1917), and Jacob Taubes (1923). After her are Josef Stroh (1913), Christl Haas (1943), Walter Berry (1929), Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810), Erika Mahringer (1924), and Othmar Schneider (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Annemarie Selinko ranks 59. Before her are Peter Rosegger (1843), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866), René Wellek (1903), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), and Berta Zuckerkandl (1864). After her are Herbert W. Franke (1927), Albert Ehrenstein (1886), Ava (1060), H. C. Artmann (1921), Géza Csáth (1887), and Ruth Maier (1920).

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