WRITER

Emanuel Schikaneder

1751 - 1812

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Emanuel Schikaneder (born Johann Joseph Schickeneder; 1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812) was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him "one of the most talented theatre men of his era". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emanuel Schikaneder is the 925th most popular writer (up from 1,048th in 2019), the 921st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,039th in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Writer.

Emanuel Schikaneder is most famous for being the librettist of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute."

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Among writers, Emanuel Schikaneder ranks 925 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Campbell, Rubén Darío, Artemidorus, John Jacob Astor IV, Kurt Eisner, and Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. After him are Aristophanes of Byzantium, Ľudovít Štúr, Marie d'Agoult, Hans Sachs, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, and Katherine Mansfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, Emanuel Schikaneder ranks 12. Before him are George Shaw, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, Dmitry Bortniansky, and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Heinrich Füger, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto. Among people deceased in 1812, Emanuel Schikaneder ranks 3. Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, and Pyotr Bagration. After him are Étienne-Louis Malus, George Clinton, Sacagawea, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Spencer Perceval, and Isaac Titsingh.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emanuel Schikaneder ranks 921 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), Kurt Eisner (1867), Karlheinz Böhm (1928), and Joseph Pilates (1883). After him are Eugen Dühring (1833), Bernard Katz (1911), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Hans Sachs (1494), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), and Jochen Mass (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Emanuel Schikaneder ranks 55. Before him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Radegund (518), Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), and Kurt Eisner (1867). After him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Hans Sachs (1494), Stefan George (1868), Hrotsvitha (935), Peter Weiss (1916), and Frank Wedekind (1864).

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