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Hans Carossa

1878 - 1956

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Hans Carossa (15 December 1878 in Bad Tölz, Kingdom of Bavaria – 12 September 1956 in Rittsteig near Passau) was a German novelist and poet, known mostly for his autobiographical novels, and his inner emigration during the Nazi era. He studied medicine, working as a field surgeon from 1916 to 1918. He was awarded the Swiss Gottfried Keller Prize in 1931, and the Goethe Prize in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Carossa is the 3,972nd most popular writer (up from 4,006th in 2019), the 4,001st most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,002nd in 2019) and the 244th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Carossa ranks 3,972 out of 7,302. Before him are Otto Ludwig, Christiane Amanpour, Zülfü Livaneli, W. S. Gilbert, Georges Schehadé, and Thomas Murner. After him are Ugo Betti, Hafez Ibrahim, Maurice Scève, Marko Kropyvnytskyi, Shuntarō Tanikawa, and Tarabai Shinde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Hans Carossa ranks 163. Before him are Walther Katzenstein, Louise Dresser, Major Taylor, Siamanto, Artur Kapp, and Ada Adler. After him are Karl Hofer, Chen Qimei, Agner Krarup Erlang, Nikolai Avksentiev, Carl Sternheim, and Gaston Alibert. Among people deceased in 1956, Hans Carossa ranks 133. Before him are Helmer Hanssen, Johann Radon, Paul Renner, Navvab Safavi, Tommy Dorsey, and Willem Hendrik Keesom. After him are Herminio Masantonio, Vladimir Filatov, Johannes Jørgensen, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Austin Osman Spare, and Sergei Vasilenko.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Carossa ranks 4,003 out of 7,253. Before him are Willi Koslowski (1937), Renate Stecher (1950), Felix Jacoby (1876), Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1858), Gustav Knuth (1901), and John I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1459). After him are Heinrich Campendonk (1889), Wolfgang Dremmler (1954), Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845), Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798), Hans Felber (1889), and Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Carossa ranks 244. Before him are Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), Johann Beckmann (1739), Wilferd Madelung (1930), Leopold Andrian (1875), and Otto Ludwig (1813). After him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), Emmy Hennings (1885), Carl Sternheim (1878), Maximilian Harden (1861), and Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931).

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