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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

1797 - 1848

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Baroness Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (German: [aˈnɛtə fɔn ˈdʁɔstəˈhʏlshɔf] ; 10 January 1797 – 24 May 1848), was a 19th-century German Biedermeier poet, novelist, and composer of Classical music. Her most famous work is the novella Die Judenbuche. In an article for the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, Francis Joste wrote, "The fame of the poetess rests chiefly on her lyric poems, her pastorales, and her ballads. In the poetic representation of nature, few can equal her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff is the 1,840th most popular writer (up from 1,876th in 2019), the 2,019th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,007th in 2019) and the 115th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ranks 1,840 out of 7,302. Before her are Alexandre Benois, Lajos Zilahy, Princess Michael of Kent, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Jacques Cazotte. After her are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Alonso de Ercilla, Joseph Joubert, I. L. Peretz, Simon Dach, and Giovannino Guareschi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ranks 37. Before her are Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Sojourner Truth, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Giuditta Pasta, and Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant. After her are Kamehameha II, Edward Turner Bennett, Jean Victoir Audouin, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Antonio Rosmini, and Jeremias Gotthelf. Among people deceased in 1848, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ranks 24. Before her are Joseph Mohr, James Dunlop, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Thomas Cole, and John Jacob Astor. After her are Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Frederick Marryat, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Horace Wells, Georg August Goldfuss, and Robert Darwin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ranks 2,020 out of 7,253. Before her are Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), Hermann Priess (1901), John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882), Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), and Johann Homann (1664). After her are Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), Ernst Nolte (1923), Fredrik Pacius (1809), Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), and Johann Ludwig Bach (1677).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ranks 115. Before her are Ludwig Börne (1786), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Handrij Zejler (1804), Stéphane Hessel (1917), and Eduard Mörike (1804). After her are Hans F. K. Günther (1891), Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), Salvian (405), and Paul Gerhardt (1607).

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