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Brigitte Kronauer

1940 - 2019

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Brigitte Kronauer (29 December 1940 – 22 July 2019) was a German writer who lived in Hamburg. Her novels, written in the tradition of Jean Paul with artful writing and an ironic undertone, were awarded several prizes, including in 2005 the Georg Büchner Prize, in 2011 the Jean-Paul-Preis and in 2017 the Thomas Mann Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brigitte Kronauer is the 5,921st most popular writer (down from 5,914th in 2019), the 5,355th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,306th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brigitte Kronauer ranks 5,921 out of 7,302. Before her are Walter Moers, Rebecca Solnit, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Samuel Benchetrit, Nikolay Rubtsov, and Whittaker Chambers. After her are Jules Roy, David Storey, Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, Fredrik Backman, and David S. Goyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Brigitte Kronauer ranks 513. Before her are Lyudmila Shishova, Ken Fletcher, Moudud Ahmed, Faimalaga Luka, Jean-Claude Piumi, and Stanislav Stepashkin. After her are Jeroen Brouwers, Luis Ubiña, Rinnat Safin, Elwyn Berlekamp, Chris Menges, and Bruno Nicolè. Among people deceased in 2019, Brigitte Kronauer ranks 473. Before her are Lam Jones, Thomas Shardelow, Ivan Kizimov, Daniel Johnston, John Paul Stevens, and Valerie Harper. After her are Pernell Whitaker, Hal Blaine, Alvin Sargent, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Wallace Smith Broecker, and Elwyn Berlekamp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Brigitte Kronauer ranks 5,358 out of 7,253. Before her are Schoolboy Q (1986), Katrin Sass (1956), Sandra Nasić (1976), Walter Moers (1957), Isabell Werth (1969), and Philipp Plein (1978). After her are Egon Günther (1927), Uli Vos (1946), Lucie Mannheim (1899), Herbert Fandel (1964), Dietmar Woidke (1961), and Armin Schwarz (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Brigitte Kronauer ranks 342. Before her are Elke Erb (1938), Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Curt Siodmak (1902), Stefan Andres (1906), Daniel Kehlmann (1975), and Walter Moers (1957). After her are Douglas Coupland (1961), Monika Maron (1941), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Gert Hofmann (1931), Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), and Ralph Giordano (1923).

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