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Heiner Müller

1929 - 1995

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Heiner Müller (German: [haɪnɐ mʏlɐ]; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heiner Müller is the 1,554th most popular writer (down from 1,490th in 2019), the 1,673rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,580th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Heiner Müller ranks 1,554 out of 7,302. Before him are Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Samuel Pepys, Auguste Maquet, Richard Lovelace, Augusto Roa Bastos, and Chernorizets Hrabar. After him are Hovhannes Tumanyan, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Banine, John Brunner, Shammai, and Felice Romani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Heiner Müller ranks 125. Before him are José Santamaría, Hugo Claus, Lorenzo Buffon, Vera Miles, Georgi Markov, and Antonio Carbajal. After him are Bob Denard, Ira Levin, Édouard Balladur, Zillur Rahman, Alain Tanner, and Anastasios of Albania. Among people deceased in 1995, Heiner Müller ranks 70. Before him are Yves Congar, Masashi Watanabe, Elizabeth Montgomery, Priscilla Lane, Nathan Rosen, and Mehdi Bazargan. After him are Jeremy Brett, John Brunner, Takeo Fukuda, Georges Canguilhem, Lola Flores, and Joseph Needham.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heiner Müller ranks 1,673 out of 7,253. Before him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319), Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1728), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), and Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1880). After him are John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Gondioc (450), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), Johann Baptist von Spix (1781), Franz Danzi (1763), and Lina Heydrich (1911).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Heiner Müller ranks 102. Before him are Albert of Aix (1060), Paul Rée (1849), Gustav Landauer (1870), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Siegfried Lenz (1926), and Marianne Weber (1870). After him are Lina Heydrich (1911), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), Christian Morgenstern (1871), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), and Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813).

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