WRITER

B. Traven

1882 - 1969

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B. Traven (German: [ˈbeː ˈtʁaːvn̩]; Bruno Traven in some accounts) was the pen name of a novelist, presumed to be German, known for his novels on injustice and exploitation around the world, and especially in Mexico. His name, nationality, date and place of birth have been subject to dispute. One certainty about Traven's life is that he lived under the name of Ret Marut in Germany until 1923 and arrived in 1924 in Mexico, where the majority of his fiction is also set—including The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927), the film adaptation of which won three Academy Awards in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. B. Traven is the 1,097th most popular writer (down from 964th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Poland (down from 205th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, B. Traven ranks 1,097 out of 7,302. Before her are Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Alfred Kubin, Emil Ludwig, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Mimnermus, and Marguerite Porete. After her are Ivan Cankar, Tess Gerritsen, David Grossman, Tony Buzan, Mori Ōgai, and Oliver Sacks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, B. Traven ranks 63. Before her are Yusef of Morocco, Éamon de Valera, Wacław Sierpiński, Yakub Kolas, Robert Hichens, and Pavel Florensky. After her are Petre Dumitrescu, Friedrich Dollmann, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Fan Noli, John Bauer, and Dušan Simović. Among people deceased in 1969, B. Traven ranks 44. Before her are Alexandra David-Néel, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Vito Genovese, Wacław Sierpiński, Boris Karloff, and Vjekoslav Luburić. After her are Enrique Ballestrero, René Barrientos, Itzhak Stern, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Li Zongren, and Walter Christaller.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, B. Traven ranks 239 out of 1,694. Before her are Ernst Toller (1893), Adolf Engler (1844), Udo Lattek (1935), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), Bolesław Prus (1847), and Emil Ludwig (1881). After her are Władysław II the Exile (1105), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865), Arnold Zweig (1887), Martin Agricola (1486), and Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, B. Traven ranks 21. Before her are Jan Potocki (1761), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Ernst Toller (1893), Bolesław Prus (1847), and Emil Ludwig (1881). After her are Arnold Zweig (1887), Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Jan Długosz (1415), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), and Jan Kochanowski (1530).

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