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Georg Trakl

1887 - 1914

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Georg Trakl (Austrian German: [ˈtraːkl̩]; 3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. He is perhaps best known for his poem "Grodek", which he wrote shortly before he died of a cocaine overdose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Trakl is the 528th most popular writer (up from 547th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 126th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Austrian Writer.

Georg Trakl is most famous for his poetry, which was written in the early 1900s. He is also remembered for his suicide in 1914.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georg Trakl ranks 528 out of 7,302. Before him are Boris Vian, William S. Burroughs, Novatian, G. K. Chesterton, Jacinto Benavente, and Ludvig Holberg. After him are Tennessee Williams, Jules Michelet, J. M. Barrie, Vasily Grossman, Richard Bach, and Pierre de Ronsard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Georg Trakl ranks 27. Before him are Leonard Bloomfield, James B. Sumner, Henry Moseley, Saint-John Perse, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Nadia Boulanger. After him are Chūichi Nagumo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Felix Yusupov, Ruth Benedict, Jack Phillips, and August Macke. Among people deceased in 1914, Georg Trakl ranks 12. Before him are Paul Heyse, Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, and George Westinghouse. After him are Jean Jaurès, August Weismann, August Macke, Ismail Gaspirali, Eduard Suess, and Louis Couturat.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Georg Trakl ranks 132 out of 1,424. Before him are Geli Raubal (1908), Milutin Milanković (1879), Richard Kuhn (1900), Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857), Josef Breuer (1842), and Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742). After him are Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Heinrich Harrer (1912), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), Maria Josepha of Austria (1699), and Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Georg Trakl ranks 9. Before him are Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Peter Handke (1942), Robert Musil (1880), Peter Drucker (1909), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), and Paula Hitler (1896). After him are Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), and Hermann Broch (1886).

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