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Georg Büchner

1813 - 1837

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Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though few in number, are generally held in great esteem in Germany and it is widely believed that, had it not been for his early death, he might have joined such central German literary figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller at the summit of their profession. At the age of 21, Büchner wrote an essay entitledHessian Courierwas called the most revolutionary manifesto of the 19th century before the Communist Manifesto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Büchner is the 706th most popular writer (up from 737th in 2019), the 687th most popular biography from Germany (up from 704th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Writer.

Georg Büchner is most famous for his play, "Woyzeck."

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Among writers, Georg Büchner ranks 706 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugène Sue, Dietrich Eckart, Matthew Lewis, Stieg Larsson, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Lorenzo Da Ponte. After him are Multatuli, Cassiodorus, Patrick White, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Clarice Lispector, and Odysseas Elytis.

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Among people born in 1813, Georg Büchner ranks 10. Before him are David Livingstone, John Snow, Claude Bernard, Ivar Aasen, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, and Franz Miklosich. After him are Baron Alexander von Bach, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Henry Bessemer, Harriet Jacobs, and Theophil Hansen. Among people deceased in 1837, Georg Büchner ranks 11. Before him are Hortense de Beauharnais, John Constable, Akbar II, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, John Field, and Giacomo Leopardi. After him are François Gérard, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adam Afzelius, and Jean-François Le Sueur.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Büchner ranks 687 out of 7,253. Before him are Felix Hoffmann (1868), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Karl Wolff (1900), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Dietrich Eckart (1868), and Oskar Dirlewanger (1895). After him are Otto Carius (1922), Simon Marius (1573), Arno Breker (1900), Hans Holbein the Elder (1465), Otto Günsche (1917), and Widukind (755).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Georg Büchner ranks 38. Before him are Patrick Süskind (1949), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Bert Hellinger (1925), Ludwig Tieck (1773), Klaus Mann (1906), and Dietrich Eckart (1868). After him are Clemens Brentano (1778), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Hugo Ball (1886), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), and Anna Seghers (1900).

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