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Hans Hellmut Kirst

1914 - 1989

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Hans Hellmut Kirst (5 December 1914 – 23 February 1989) was a German novelist and the author of 46 books, many of which were translated into English. Kirst is best remembered as the creator of the "Gunner Asch" series which detailed the ongoing struggle of an honest individual to maintain his identity and humanity amidst the criminality and corruption of Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Hellmut Kirst is the 2,385th most popular writer (up from 2,658th in 2019), the 532nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 599th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Polish Writer.

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Among writers, Hans Hellmut Kirst ranks 2,385 out of 7,302. Before him are Petrus Comestor, Paul Féval, père, Catherine Breillat, Isaeus, Philo of Byblos, and Djuna Barnes. After him are Tawfiq al-Hakim, Dorothy Parker, Vítězslav Nezval, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Tian Han, and Gertrud von Le Fort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Hans Hellmut Kirst ranks 138. Before him are Edward Schillebeeckx, E. G. Marshall, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Vladimir Chelomey, Richard Basehart, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain. After him are Yahya Khan, Sarla Thakral, Felice Borel, Andrzej Panufnik, Anatole Abragam, and Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven. Among people deceased in 1989, Hans Hellmut Kirst ranks 100. Before him are Antonia Brico, Cesare Zavattini, Marshall Harvey Stone, René Moawad, Ahmed Abdallah, and James Bond. After him are Victor French, Anthony Quayle, Manuel Rosas, Gilbert Simondon, Ondrej Nepela, and Sourou-Migan Apithy.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hans Hellmut Kirst ranks 532 out of 1,694. Before him are Vladimir Chelomey (1914), Henryk Dembiński (1791), Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803), Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), Beata Szydło (1963), and Alfred Józef Potocki (1817). After him are Radosław Sikorski (1963), Andrzej Szarmach (1950), Symon Budny (1530), Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595), Heinz Kessler (1920), and Józef Brandt (1841).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Hans Hellmut Kirst ranks 51. Before him are Georg Heym (1887), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Stefania Wilczyńska (1886), Maciej Stryjkowski (1547), Israel Joshua Singer (1893), and Fritz Gerlich (1883). After him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595), Stefan Żeromski (1864), Cyprian Norwid (1821), Stanisław Konarski (1700), George Adamski (1891), and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925).

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