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Bernhard Schlink

1944 - Today

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Bernhard Schlink (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ʃlɪŋk] ; born 6 July 1944) is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader, which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Schlink is the 767th most popular writer (up from 874th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Germany (up from 827th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Writer.

Bernhard Schlink is most famous for his novel, The Reader, which was made into a film in 2008. The novel tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who falls in love with an older woman.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernhard Schlink ranks 767 out of 7,302. Before him are Arto Paasilinna, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Harry Mulisch, V. S. Naipaul, Charles Maurras, and Neal Cassady. After him are Ban Gu, Pierre Boulle, Christoph Martin Wieland, Heliodorus of Emesa, Agathias, and Aubrey Beardsley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Bernhard Schlink ranks 66. Before him are Rajiv Gandhi, Abdul Hamid, Harold Ramis, Sondra Locke, Gérard Mourou, and Mairead Maguire. After him are John Rhys-Davies, Thein Sein, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Serge Haroche, Antonio Damasio, and Askar Akayev.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 758 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530), Werner von Haeften (1908), Carlos Kleiber (1930), Albert, King of Sweden (1340), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), and Bruno Walter (1876). After him are Michael Praetorius (1571), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), Berti Vogts (1946), and Christoph Martin Wieland (1733).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 42. Before him are Klaus Mann (1906), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Georg Büchner (1813), Clemens Brentano (1778), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), and Hugo Ball (1886). After him are Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Anna Seghers (1900), Achim von Arnim (1781), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), and Karl Harrer (1890).

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