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Daniel Kehlmann

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Daniel Kehlmann (German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈkeːlman, -ni̯ɛl -] ; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality. His novel Die Vermessung der Welt (translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway as Measuring the World, 2006) is the best selling book in the German language since Patrick Süskind's Perfume was released in 1985. In an ironic way, it deals with Alexander von Humboldt, one of the world's best-known naturalists of the 18th and 19th centuries, and Humboldt's relationship with the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. According to The New York Times, it was the world's second-best selling novel in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Daniel Kehlmann is the 5,906th most popular writer (up from 6,156th in 2024), the 5,352nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,472nd in 2019) and the 340th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daniel Kehlmann ranks 5,906 out of 7,302. Before him are Paula Yates, Giannina Braschi, Åsne Seierstad, Olivia Manning, Winston Churchill, and Patrick Rambaud. After him are Domiziana Giordano, Thomas Brezina, Bhisham Sahni, Philaenis, Jacqueline Wilson, and John Connolly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Daniel Kehlmann ranks 225. Before him are Andrii Sybiha, Fabio Celestini, Ivica Dragutinović, Coco Lee, Danica McKellar, and Wes Borland. After him are Pedro Munitis, Antonín Kinský, Reggie Lee, Elizabeth Reaser, Dax Shepard, and Oleksii Arestovych.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Daniel Kehlmann ranks 5,355 out of 7,253. Before him are Stefan Andres (1906), Heino Ferch (1963), Matthias Herget (1955), Stefan Schwarzmann (1965), Leni Schmidt (1906), and Sarah Connor (1980). After him are Schoolboy Q (1986), Katrin Sass (1956), Sandra Nasić (1976), Walter Moers (1957), Isabell Werth (1969), and Philipp Plein (1978).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Daniel Kehlmann ranks 340. Before him are Wilhelm Genazino (1943), Timur Vermes (1967), Elke Erb (1938), Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Curt Siodmak (1902), and Stefan Andres (1906). After him are Walter Moers (1957), Brigitte Kronauer (1940), Douglas Coupland (1961), Monika Maron (1941), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), and Gert Hofmann (1931).

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