WRITER

Hermann Broch

1886 - 1951

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Hermann Broch (German: [bʁɔx]; 1 November 1886 – 30 May 1951) was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers (Die Schlafwandler, 1930–32) and The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil, 1945). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Broch is the 639th most popular writer (down from 597th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Austria (down from 137th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Writer.

Hermann Broch was a novelist and philosopher who was most famous for his novel, The Sleepwalkers.

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Among writers, Hermann Broch ranks 639 out of 7,302. Before him are Meera, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aratus, A. J. Cronin, and Allen Ginsberg. After him are Mikael Agricola, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Giambattista Basile, Tibor Sekelj, Anton Makarenko, and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hermann Broch ranks 26. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler, Theodor Morell, Gotthard Heinrici, Archibald Hill, Erich Hoepner, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły. After him are Jan Masaryk, Zhu De, Karl Polanyi, Gerda Wegener, Hugo Ball, and Michael Curtiz. Among people deceased in 1951, Hermann Broch ranks 12. Before him are Ferdinand Porsche, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Arnold Sommerfeld, Abdullah I of Jordan, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, and René Guénon. After him are August Horch, Sinclair Lewis, Maxim Litvinov, Otto Ohlendorf, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, and Alfred Hugenberg.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hermann Broch ranks 161 out of 1,424. Before him are Franz Stangl (1908), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1718), Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559), Nikola IV Zrinski (1508), Eduard Strauss (1835), and Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865). After him are Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281), Fritz Kreisler (1875), Eric Kandel (1929), and Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Hermann Broch ranks 15. Before him are Georg Trakl (1887), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Gustav Meyrink (1868), and Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797). After him are Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Otto of Freising (1114), Edward Bernays (1891), Franz Grillparzer (1791), Miep Gies (1909), and August Kubizek (1888).

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