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Elizabeth von Arnim

1866 - 1941

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Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel Prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth von Arnim is the 2,141st most popular writer (up from 2,333rd in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Australia (down from 74th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Writer.

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Among writers, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 2,141 out of 7,302. Before her are Cangrande I della Scala, Inger Christensen, Jón Arason, Joan Didion, Lu Ji, and Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi. After her are John Kennedy Toole, Alberto Manguel, Paul Hazard, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Caecilius Statius, and Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe.

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Among people born in 1866, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 55. Before her are La Goulue, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Vasily Kalinnikov, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Johann Strauss III, and Kazys Grinius. After her are Gustav Cassel, Kazimierz Twardowski, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Reginald Fessenden, Holger Nielsen, and Alikhan Bukeikhanov. Among people deceased in 1941, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 69. Before her are Charles Huntziger, Hans Berger, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Christian Sinding, Guillermo Kahlo, and Jaan Tõnisson. After her are Hanns Kerrl, Amy Johnson, Arkady Gaidar, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Amrita Sher-Gil, and Ivan Panfilov.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 87 out of 1,143. Before her are John Noble (1948), Phil Rudd (1954), Harold Holt (1908), Rhonda Byrne (1945), Angela White (1985), and Bob Brown (1944). After her are Germaine Greer (1939), Flea (1962), Pat Rafter (1972), Toni Collette (1972), David Helfgott (1947), and Michael Hutchence (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 7. Before her are Colleen McCullough (1937), P. L. Travers (1899), James Clavell (1921), Annette Kellermann (1887), Thomas Keneally (1935), and Rhonda Byrne (1945). After her are Germaine Greer (1939), Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), John Flanagan (1944), Gregory David Roberts (1952), and Peter Carey (1943).

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