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Christoph Hein

1944 - Today

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Christoph Hein (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈhaɪn] ; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator. He grew up in the town Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule (EOS) in the GDR, he received secondary education at a gymnasium in the western part of Berlin. After his Abitur he jobbed inter alia as assembler, bookseller and assistant director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christoph Hein is the 5,549th most popular writer (up from 5,630th in 2019), the 1,114th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,119th in 2019) and the 136th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christoph Hein ranks 5,549 out of 7,302. Before him are Günter de Bruyn, Gorch Fock, Sergei Lukyanenko, Léon Frapié, George Chapman, and Anšlavs Eglītis. After him are Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Inger Hagerup, Władysław Broniewski, Serhiy Zhadan, Cyril M. Kornbluth, and Jan Parandowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Christoph Hein ranks 571. Before him are Michael Franks, Lew Rockwell, Nelson Acosta, Albin Planinc, Pierre Trentin, and Férid Boughedir. After him are Ben Stein, Elmar Wepper, Gunhild Hoffmeister, Miklós Páncsics, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, and Braulio Rodríguez Plaza.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Christoph Hein ranks 1,114 out of 1,694. Before him are Antoni Macierewicz (1948), Herbert Hübner (1889), Tadeusz Ślusarski (1950), Jan Werner (1946), Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945), and Andrzej Zieliński (1936). After him are Dieter Kottysch (1943), Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929), Władysław Broniewski (1897), Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (1936), Manfred Stolpe (1936), and Arkadiusz Milik (1994).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Christoph Hein ranks 136. Before him are Wacław Potocki (1621), Heinrich Laube (1806), Narcyza Żmichowska (1819), Willi Apel (1893), Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725), and Jan Twardowski (1915). After him are Władysław Broniewski (1897), Kazimierz Brodziński (1791), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Miron Białoszewski (1922), Julia Hartwig (1921), and Jan Lechoń (1899).

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