WRITER

Gustav Meyrink

1868 - 1932

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Gustav Meyrink (19 January 1868 – 4 December 1932) was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem. He has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Meyrink is the 599th most popular writer (down from 546th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Austria (down from 125th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Writer.

Gustav Meyrink is most famous for his novel The Golem, which was published in 1915. The novel tells the story of a golem, an animated clay figure that is brought to life by a rabbi to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gustav Meyrink ranks 599 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine François Prévost, Denis of Portugal, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Su Shi, Robert Burns, and Bell hooks. After him are Paul Lafargue, Marina Tsvetaeva, Alfred de Musset, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ausonius, and Lion Feuchtwanger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Gustav Meyrink ranks 27. Before him are Theodore William Richards, Peter Behrens, Paul Claudel, S. P. L. Sørensen, Gertrude Bell, and Gaston Leroux. After him are August Horch, Felix Hoffmann, Dietrich Eckart, Edmond Rostand, Charles Maurras, and Henrietta Swan Leavitt. Among people deceased in 1932, Gustav Meyrink ranks 13. Before him are Ronald Ross, Giuseppe Peano, Manuel II of Portugal, King C. Gillette, Paul Doumer, and Augusta, Lady Gregory. After him are Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Max Wolf, Edgar Wallace, George Eastman, and Errico Malatesta.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gustav Meyrink ranks 145 out of 1,424. Before him are Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), Klaus Ebner (1964), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Dietrich Mateschitz (1944), Roland Ratzenberger (1960), and Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377). After him are Helmut Berger (1944), Karl Böhm (1894), Maria Mandl (1912), Albert III, Duke of Austria (1349), Ernst Happel (1925), and Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Gustav Meyrink ranks 13. Before him are Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Paula Hitler (1896), Georg Trakl (1887), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Walther von der Vogelweide (1170). After him are Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Hermann Broch (1886), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Otto of Freising (1114), Edward Bernays (1891), and Franz Grillparzer (1791).

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