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Christa Wolf

1929 - 2011

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Christa Wolf (German: [ˈkʁɪs.ta vɔlf] ; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christa Wolf is the 751st most popular writer (down from 749th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 159th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Writer.

Christa Wolf is most famous for her novel "The Quest for Christa T."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christa Wolf ranks 751 out of 7,302. Before her are Edmond Rostand, Jean Froissart, Antoine Galland, Elisabeth of Wied, Claudian, and Edgar Wallace. After her are Berossus, Edmond de Goncourt, Natalia Ginzburg, Hugo Ball, Cao Xueqin, and Ibn Hawqal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Christa Wolf ranks 52. Before her are Frano Selak, Graham Hill, Karolos Papoulias, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Chet Baker, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. After her are Nureddin al-Atassi, Ivar Giaever, Milorad Pavić, Bruno Cremer, John Cassavetes, and James Last. Among people deceased in 2011, Christa Wolf ranks 36. Before her are Gary Moore, Sidney Lumet, Maria Schneider, Necmettin Erbakan, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, and Manfred Gerlach. After her are Jane Russell, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Willard Boyle, Baruj Benacerraf, John Barry, and Amy Winehouse.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Christa Wolf ranks 153 out of 1,694. Before her are Albert Marth (1828), Géza I of Hungary (1040), Bolesław Bierut (1892), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Isabella Jagiellon (1519), and Hanna Schygulla (1943). After her are Albrecht von Roon (1803), Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), William I of Württemberg (1781), Władysław Anders (1892), Henry II the Pious (1196), and Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Christa Wolf ranks 14. Before her are Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Alfred Döblin (1878), Władysław Reymont (1867), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Olga Tokarczuk (1962), and Witold Gombrowicz (1904). After her are Jan Potocki (1761), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Ernst Toller (1893), Bolesław Prus (1847), and Emil Ludwig (1881).

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