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Barbara Frischmuth

1941 - 2025

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Barbara Frischmuth (Austrian German: [ˈbarbara ˈfrɪʃmuːt]; 5 July 1941 – 30 March 2025) was an Austrian writer and translator. She travelled the world, open to other cultures, which influenced her works. Her first novel, Die Klosterschule, shows a student's experiences in a convent school, as well as a feminist attitude and criticism of authorities. She wrote two trilogies of novels in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a series of "garden books" in the 2000s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Frischmuth is the 3,339th most popular writer (up from 6,166th in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from Austria (up from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among writers, Barbara Frischmuth ranks 3,339 out of 7,302. Before her are Monteiro Lobato, Louis Pergaud, Charles Lamb, Ango Sakaguchi, Nigâr Hanım, and Filip Višnjić. After her are Oswald de Andrade, Agniya Barto, Uwe Johnson, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, and Nathan Alterman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Barbara Frischmuth ranks 281. Before her are Airto Moreira, Wu Bangguo, Dragoljub Ojdanić, Andrea de Adamich, Dirk Frimout, and Ignazio Giunti. After her are Gorden Kaye, Richie Havens, David Lewis, Daniel Schmid, Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, and Julia McKenzie. Among people deceased in 2025, Barbara Frischmuth ranks 173. Before her are Claude Allègre, Xu Qiliang, Garth Hudson, Roy Ayers, Edmund White, and Talgat Musabayev. After her are Sandra Harding, Jean Tiberi, Roy Thomas Baker, Braulio Musso, Peter Jason, and Richard Norton.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Barbara Frischmuth ranks 657 out of 1,424. Before her are Otto Erich Deutsch (1883), Karl Buresch (1878), Frederick I, Duke of Austria (1175), Franz Welser-Möst (1960), Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1813), and Hermann Maier (1972). After her are Bénédict Morel (1809), Harald Ertl (1948), Helene Engelmann (1898), Carl Moll (1861), Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872), and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Barbara Frischmuth ranks 47. Before her are Raul Hilberg (1926), Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Pauline von Metternich (1836), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), Paula von Preradović (1887), and Erich Fried (1921). After her are Lajos Bíró (1880), Ernst Jandl (1925), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), Michael Denis (1729), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), and Peter Rosegger (1843).

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