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Hans Magnus Enzensberger

1929 - 2022

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Hans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarded as one of the literary founding figures of the Federal Republic of Germany and wrote more than 70 books, with works translated into 40 languages. He was one of the leading authors in Group 47, and influenced the 1968 West German student movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Magnus Enzensberger is the 1,194th most popular writer (down from 1,164th in 2019), the 1,221st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,165th in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Writer.

Hans Magnus Enzensberger is most famous for his poetry, which is often satirical and ironic.

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Among writers, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 1,194 out of 7,302. Before him are Jernej Kopitar, Monique Wittig, Michael Connelly, Ljudevit Gaj, Marshall Rosenberg, and Ugo Foscolo. After him are Sarah, Duchess of York, Rigas Feraios, Asconius Pedianus, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Rosamunde Pilcher, and Kazi Nazrul Islam.

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Among people born in 1929, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 99. Before him are Len Deighton, John Polanyi, Gordon Moore, Sam Nujoma, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Georgios Roubanis. After him are Pierre Brice, Abdel Halim Hafez, Isabel Sarli, Peter L. Berger, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar. Among people deceased in 2022, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 77. Before him are Tony Brooks, Frank Drake, Edward C. Prescott, Ivan Reitman, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and James Lovelock. After him are Siniša Mihajlović, Ricardo Bofill, Bernard Cribbins, Fred Ward, Klaus Schulze, and Cláudio Hummes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 1,221 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Linge (1913), Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727), Otto of Bamberg (1060), Karl von Bülow (1846), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), and Max Klinger (1857). After him are Christian Wirth (1885), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763), Sigmar Polke (1941), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), and Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 76. Before him are Ernst Barlach (1870), Tannhäuser (1205), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777). After him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Gottfried Benn (1886), Anton Praetorius (1560), Theodor Storm (1817), and Kurt Tucholsky (1890).

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