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Elke Erb

1938 - 2024

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Elke Erb (18 February 1938 – 22 January 2024) was a German author-poet based in Berlin. She also worked as a literary editor and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elke Erb is the 5,792nd most popular writer (down from 4,360th in 2019), the 5,272nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,261st in 2019) and the 336th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elke Erb ranks 5,792 out of 7,302Before her are Lina Morgenstern, Lino Aldani, Alfred Domett, Antoni Słonimski, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, and Julia Navarro. After her are Leigh Bardugo, Joe Sacco, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Roger Vercel, Fred Saberhagen, and Henry Home, Lord Kames.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Elke Erb ranks 510Before her are Alfred Raoul, Bart Berman, Shivkumar Sharma, Paula Prentiss, David Canary, and Fischer Black. After her are József Gelei, Les Aspin, Theodoros Pangalos, Miguel Jones, Saul Malatrasi, and Kathryn Beaumont. Among people deceased in 2024, Elke Erb ranks 421Before her are Manfred Wolke, Jorge Griffa, John Prescott, Pascal Hervé, Tonči Gabrić, and Richard Tandy. After her are Peter Schickele, Göran Hagberg, Anatoli Polivoda, Kathryn Crosby, S. M. Krishna, and David Seidler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Elke Erb ranks 5,275 out of 7,253Before her are Hans Reissner (1874), Lars Ricken (1976), Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia (1890), Hans von Pechmann (1850), Hanns Kilian (1905), and Caspar Memering (1953). After her are Gregor Braun (1955), Burglinde Pollak (1951), Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948), Hermann Lietz (1868), Volker Bouffier (1951), and Hans Klenk (1919).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Elke Erb ranks 336Before her are Adolf Bartels (1862), H. A. Rey (1898), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), Horst Faas (1933), Wilhelm Genazino (1943), and Timur Vermes (1967). After her are Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Curt Siodmak (1902), Stefan Andres (1906), Daniel Kehlmann (1975), Walter Moers (1957), and Brigitte Kronauer (1940).