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Emmy Hennings

1885 - 1948

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Emmy Hennings (born Emma Maria Cordsen, 17 January 1885 – 10 August 1948) was a German poet and performing artist, and co-founder of the Dadaist Cabaret Voltaire with her second husband Hugo Ball. Known as the "star of the show," Hennings has been the subject of numerous creative works, including a best-selling novel, a graphic novel, short films and various works of visual art. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emmy Hennings is the 4,053rd most popular writer (down from 3,980th in 2019), the 4,084th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,974th in 2019) and the 247th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Emmy Hennings ranks 4,053 out of 7,302. Before her are Leif G. W. Persson, Jurek Becker, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Zsigmond Móricz, Gary Chapman, and Lygia Fagundes Telles. After her are Andrejs Pumpurs, Bret Harte, Bohuslav Balbín, Emma Lazarus, Marcel Jouhandeau, and Shinichi Hoshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Emmy Hennings ranks 163. Before her are Frederic Lewy, Platt Adams, Guilhermina Suggia, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Enrico Porro, and Richmond K. Turner. After her are Charles Daniels, Karel Hartmann, Alexandre Volkoff, Blas Infante, Romà Forns, and Pierre Montet. Among people deceased in 1948, Emmy Hennings ranks 139. Before her are Eugen Slutsky, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Marcel Brillouin, Jāzeps Vītols, Alfred Kerr, and Alfred Lacroix. After her are May Whitty, Elsa Brändström, Ernst Herzfeld, Yellapragada Subbarow, Alfredo Baldomir, and George Horine.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emmy Hennings ranks 4,086 out of 7,253. Before her are Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Oda of Haldensleben (901), Anton Reichenow (1847), Gottfried Fuchs (1889), Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), and Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731). After her are Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824), Albrecht Haushofer (1903), Albert Bernhard Frank (1839), Caspar Olevian (1536), and Heymann Steinthal (1823).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Emmy Hennings ranks 247. Before her are Wilferd Madelung (1930), Leopold Andrian (1875), Otto Ludwig (1813), Hans Carossa (1878), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), and Herbert Achternbusch (1938). After her are Carl Sternheim (1878), Maximilian Harden (1861), Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931), Ken Adam (1921), Irmgard Keun (1905), and Cordelia Edvardson (1929).

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