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Franz Werfel

1890 - 1945

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His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Werfel is the 627th most popular writer (down from 533rd in 2024), the 74th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Czech Writer.

Frantz Werfel is most famous for his novel, The Song of Bernadette, which tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous, a young girl who had visions of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Franz Werfel ranks 627 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore Dreiser, Joan Fuster, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Francisco de Quevedo, Poliziano, and Patricia Highsmith. After him are André Chénier, Kumārajīva, Gabriele Amorth, Kōbō Abe, Meera, and Samuel Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Franz Werfel ranks 26. Before him are Bohuslav Martinů, Walther Funk, Carlos Gardel, El Lissitzky, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Robert Ley. After him are Kurt Student, Maria Goretti, Hermann Joseph Muller, Victor Lustig, Giorgio Morandi, and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1945, Franz Werfel ranks 53. Before him are Odilo Globočnik, Karl Hanke, Yun Chi-ho, Robert Ritter von Greim, Edgar Cayce, and Theodore Dreiser. After him are Robert H. Goddard, Karl-Otto Koch, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Oskar Dirlewanger, and Heinrich Wölfflin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Franz Werfel ranks 74 out of NaN. Before him are Karel Gott (1939), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Lída Baarová (1914), and Jerome of Prague (1379). After him are Martina Navratilova (1956), Jan Masaryk (1886), Karl Kraus (1874), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), and Jaroslav Seifert (1901).

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Among Writers In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Franz Werfel ranks 10. Before him are Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), Milena Jesenská (1896), and Bohumil Hrabal (1914). After him are Karl Kraus (1874), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Julius Fučík (1903), Jan Neruda (1834), Adalbert Stifter (1805), and Alfred Kubin (1877).

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