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Gitta Sereny

1921 - 2012

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Gitta Sereny, CBE (13 March 1921 – 14 June 2012) was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who became known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968 of killing two children when she herself was a child, and Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp. Born and initially raised in Austria, she was the author of five books, including The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered (1972) and Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth (1995). Sereny was awarded the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her book on Albert Speer in 1995, and the Stig Dagerman Prize in 2002. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004 for services to journalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gitta Sereny is the 1,925th most popular writer (down from 1,913th in 2019), the 440th most popular biography from Austria (up from 449th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among writers, Gitta Sereny ranks 1,925 out of 7,302. Before her are Naftali Herz Imber, Isaac Titsingh, Azar Nafisi, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Christian Jacq, and Arseny Tarkovsky. After her are John Banville, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Petr Ginz, Daṇḍin, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, and Nelson Algren.

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Among people born in 1921, Gitta Sereny ranks 123. Before her are Angelica Rozeanu, Stein Rokkan, James Whitmore, Géza Anda, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, and Paddy Roy Bates. After her are César Baldaccini, Robert Muldoon, Arno Babajanian, Anne Golon, Arthur Grumiaux, and Maurice Yaméogo. Among people deceased in 2012, Gitta Sereny ranks 116. Before her are Tonino Guerra, Omar Suleiman, Giorgio Chinaglia, Paddy Roy Bates, Wilhelm Brasse, and Charles Durning. After her are Alexis Weissenberg, Dawoud Rajiha, Vidal Sassoon, Pahiño, Lars Hörmander, and Lina Romay.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gitta Sereny ranks 440 out of 1,424. Before her are Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868), Moritz von Schwind (1804), Franziska Donner (1900), Anna Mahler (1904), Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (1630), and Viktor Kaplan (1876). After her are Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798), Hanns Albin Rauter (1895), René Spitz (1887), Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907), and Lotte Lenya (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Gitta Sereny ranks 32. Before her are Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Hermann Bahr (1863), Vicki Baum (1888), Marlen Haushofer (1920), and Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774). After her are Johann Nestroy (1801), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), Ilse Aichinger (1921), Alfréd Wetzler (1918), and Heimito von Doderer (1896).

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