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Hanns Heinz Ewers

1871 - 1943

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Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself. The best known of these is Alraune (1911). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hanns Heinz Ewers is the 1,862nd most popular writer (up from 1,989th in 2019), the 2,051st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,120th in 2019) and the 117th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 1,862 out of 7,302. Before him are Feng Menglong, Nicander, Josef Lada, Trygve Gulbranssen, Oswald von Wolkenstein, and Ji Kang. After him are Agathangelos, Georges Duhamel, Dobrodeia of Kiev, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Luis de León, and Prosper of Aquitaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 47. Before him are Jack Butler Yeats, Alajos Szokolyi, William McDougall, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Stephen Crane, and Fritz Hofmann. After him are Guillermo Kahlo, John Sloan, Fedor Tokarev, Erich von Tschermak, Jovan Dučić, and Giuseppe Motta. Among people deceased in 1943, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 71. Before him are John Harvey Kellogg, Lepa Radić, Takeda Sōkaku, Ernst Linder, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Johann Trollmann. After him are Senjūrō Hayashi, Lin Sen, Wilhelm Kube, Charlotte Salomon, Fethi Okyar, and Jovan Dučić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 2,052 out of 7,253. Before him are Menahem Pressler (1923), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Veit Harlan (1899), Johann Trollmann (1907), Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661), and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725). After him are Hans Hartung (1904), Frederick of Utrecht (780), Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), Paul Landers (1964), and Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 117. Before him are Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Handrij Zejler (1804), Stéphane Hessel (1917), Eduard Mörike (1804), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), and Hans F. K. Günther (1891). After him are Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), Salvian (405), Paul Gerhardt (1607), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856).

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