WRITER

Frank Wedekind

1864 - 1918

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Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theatre. In the English-speaking world, before 2006 Wedekind was best known for the "Lulu" cycle, a two-play series—Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904)—centered on a young dancer/adventuress of mysterious origin. In 2006 his earlier play Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891) became well known because of a Broadway musical adaptation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Wedekind is the 967th most popular writer (down from 850th in 2019), the 953rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 805th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Writer.

Frank Wedekind is most famous for his play "Spring Awakening," which is about the physical and emotional awakening of young people.

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Among writers, Frank Wedekind ranks 967 out of 7,302. Before him are John Updike, Panait Istrati, Juliette Récamier, John Fante, Benito Pérez Galdós, and Gaius Asinius Pollio. After him are Aimé Césaire, Cormac McCarthy, Ambrose Bierce, Raymond Carver, Venantius Fortunatus, and Jean Giraudoux.

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Among people born in 1864, Frank Wedekind ranks 28. Before him are Vilhelm Hammershøi, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Paul Sérusier, John Jacob Astor IV, Jules Renard, and Eugen d'Albert. After him are Rudolf Kjellén, Jakob von Uexküll, Branislav Nušić, Nellie Bly, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, and Dmitri Ivanovsky. Among people deceased in 1918, Frank Wedekind ranks 40. Before him are Fanny Kaplan, Hermann Cohen, Lili Boulanger, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Paul von Rennenkampf, and Aleksandr Lyapunov. After him are Andrew Dickson White, Eusebi Güell, Julius Wellhausen, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Charles-Émile Reynaud, and István Tisza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frank Wedekind ranks 953 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Helmut Rahn (1929), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Peter Weiss (1916), and Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927). After him are Carl Stamitz (1745), George, King of Saxony (1832), Johann Elert Bode (1747), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), and Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Frank Wedekind ranks 61. Before him are Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Hans Sachs (1494), Stefan George (1868), Hrotsvitha (935), and Peter Weiss (1916). After him are Hartmann von Aue (1160), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Bettina von Arnim (1785), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), August von Kotzebue (1761), and Charles De Coster (1827).

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