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Erich Fried

1921 - 1988

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Erich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany and Austria for his political poetry, and later for his love poems. As a writer, he mostly wrote plays and short novels. He also translated works by different English writers from English into German, most notably works by William Shakespeare. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Fried is the 3,229th most popular writer (down from 2,873rd in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from Austria (down from 605th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erich Fried ranks 3,229 out of 7,302. Before him are Yury Tynyanov, John Henry Mackay, Ignacio Ramonet, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Alfredo M. Bonanno, and Valentin Rasputin. After him are Azalais de Porcairagues, Tomaž Šalamun, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Jorge Bucay, Juana de Ibarbourou, and Remmius Palaemon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Erich Fried ranks 194. Before him are Violette Szabo, Robert Brown, Guy Laroche, Leo Penn, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, and Andrew M. Gleason. After him are Giorgio Strehler, Gaston Rébuffat, Georges Mathieu, Reuven Feuerstein, Theodore Van Kirk, and John Aston Sr.. Among people deceased in 1988, Erich Fried ranks 110. Before him are Pál Titkos, Solomon, Marcel Bozzuffi, Francis Ponge, Kwon Ki-ok, and John Houseman. After him are Shen Congwen, Hillel Slovak, Ulanhu, Lygia Clark, Irmgard Seefried, and Henry Murray.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Erich Fried ranks 649 out of 1,424. Before him are Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma (1909), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), Heinrich von Ferstel (1828), Franz Defregger (1835), Erwin von Lahousen (1897), and Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899). After him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759), Otto Erich Deutsch (1883), Karl Buresch (1878), Frederick I, Duke of Austria (1175), Franz Welser-Möst (1960), and Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1813).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Erich Fried ranks 46. Before him are Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Raul Hilberg (1926), Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Pauline von Metternich (1836), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), and Paula von Preradović (1887). After him are Barbara Frischmuth (1941), Lajos Bíró (1880), Ernst Jandl (1925), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), Michael Denis (1729), and Ludwig Anzengruber (1839).

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