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Ernst Jünger

1895 - 1998

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Ernst Jünger (German: [ɛʁnst ˈjʏŋɐ] ; 29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist who became publicly known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel. The son of a successful businessman and chemist, Jünger rebelled against an affluent upbringing and sought adventure in the Wandervogel German youth movement, before running away to briefly serve in the French Foreign Legion, which was an illegal act in Germany. However, he escaped prosecution due to his father's efforts and was able to enlist in the German Army on the outbreak of World War I in 1914. During an ill-fated offensive in 1918 Jünger was badly wounded and was awarded the Pour le Mérite, a rare decoration for one of his rank. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Jünger is the 316th most popular writer (down from 310th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Germany (down from 265th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Writer.

Ernst Jünger is most famous for his work as a German soldier during World War I, and his writings about the experience.

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Among writers, Ernst Jünger ranks 316 out of 7,302. Before him are J. M. G. Le Clézio, J. M. Coetzee, Ismail Kadare, Herman Melville, Max Brod, and Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau. After him are Antonin Artaud, Doris Lessing, Héloïse, François Mauriac, Henri Charrière, and Italo Calvino.

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Among people born in 1895, Ernst Jünger ranks 11. Before him are Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Juan Perón, Buckminster Fuller, Carl Orff, Buster Keaton, and Anna Freud. After him are Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Nikolai Yezhov, Mikhail Bakhtin, Richard Sorge, and Wilm Hosenfeld. Among people deceased in 1998, Ernst Jünger ranks 10. Before him are Halldór Laxness, Alan Hodgkin, Jean Marais, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Vasily Arkhipov, and Todor Zhivkov. After him are Vladimir Prelog, Carlos Castaneda, Octavio Paz, Jean-François Lyotard, Yang Shangkun, and Florence Griffith Joyner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Jünger ranks 275 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Scheler (1874), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Oswald Spengler (1880), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Irma Grese (1923), and Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016). After him are Herbert Marcuse (1898), Athanasius Kircher (1602), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), and Maria Sibylla Merian (1647).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ernst Jünger ranks 19. Before him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Nelly Sachs (1891), Paul Heyse (1830), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Eckhart Tolle (1948), and Jacob Grimm (1785). After him are Michael Ende (1929), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Karl May (1842), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Einhard (770), and Traudl Junge (1920).

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