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Friederike Mayröcker

1924 - 2021

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Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian writer of poetry and prose, radio plays, children's books and dramatic texts. She experimented with language, and was regarded as an avant-garde poet, and as one of the leading authors in German. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friederike Mayröcker is the 3,887th most popular writer (down from 3,773rd in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from Austria (down from 720th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friederike Mayröcker ranks 3,887 out of 7,302Before her are Blaga Dimitrova, Frédéric Dard, Jacob of Edessa, Detlev von Liliencron, Antonio Buero Vallejo, and Nichita Stănescu. After her are Sergey Solovyov, Klaus Rifbjerg, Leonhard Frank, Bruno Apitz, Berdi Kerbabayev, and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Friederike Mayröcker ranks 276Before her are Navvab Safavi, Leslie Phillips, Russell M. Nelson, Azucena Villaflor, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Max van der Stoel. After her are Kenneth Noland, Dodo Abashidze, George Segal, Philip Stone, William Rehnquist, and Pierre Sinibaldi. Among people deceased in 2021, Friederike Mayröcker ranks 294Before her are Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Charles Konan Banny, Marie-Claire Blais, Jan de Vries, Puneeth Rajkumar, and Giuseppe Rotunno. After her are Alfreda Markowska, Hana Hegerová, Verónica Forqué, Christa Stubnick, Bunny Wailer, and Carlos Marín.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Friederike Mayröcker ranks 734 out of 1,424Before her are Otto Muehl (1925), Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727), Robert Dienst (1928), Fritz Klein (1932), Maria Lassnig (1919), and Rudolf von Alt (1812). After her are Ignaz von Seyfried (1776), Anton Josef Gruscha (1820), Victor Papanek (1923), İlber Ortaylı (1947), Pál Kitaibel (1757), and Richard Oswald (1880).

Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Friederike Mayröcker ranks 54Before her are Lajos Bíró (1880), Ernst Jandl (1925), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), Michael Denis (1729), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), and Peter Rosegger (1843). After her are Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866), René Wellek (1903), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), Annemarie Selinko (1914), and Herbert W. Franke (1927).