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Hermann Kant

1926 - 2016

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Hermann Kant (German: [ˈhɛʁ.man kant]] ; 14 June 1926 – 14 August 2016) was a German writer noted for his writings during the time of East Germany. He won the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1967. He served the Stasi as an informer under the codename IM Martin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Kant is the 5,080th most popular writer (down from 5,073rd in 2019), the 4,785th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,727th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hermann Kant ranks 5,080 out of 7,302Before him are Joseph Wambaugh, Alan Woods, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Gesualdo Bufalino, and Gabriel Miró. After him are Yulia Drunina, María Teresa León, Julia Alvarez, Fernando Vallejo, João Cabral de Melo Neto, and Andrea Maffei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Hermann Kant ranks 375Before him are Joan Shawlee, Kerwin Mathews, Fritz Weaver, Abel Goumba, Fred Ramdat Misier, and Lily Carlstedt. After him are Stig Sollander, Efraín Sánchez, Paul G. Comba, Darleane C. Hoffman, Bill Sharman, and Annie Palmen. Among people deceased in 2016, Hermann Kant ranks 373Before him are Fritz Herkenrath, Gilbert Kaplan, Eva Šuranová, Henning Enoksen, Fritz Weaver, and Marisol Escobar. After him are Alice Drummond, Anthony D. Smith, Mother Angelica, Tina Anselmi, Silvano Piovanelli, and Alfred G. Knudson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Kant ranks 4,788 out of 7,253Before him are Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835), Horst Stein (1928), Louis Wirth (1897), Gerhard von Rad (1901), Helga Seidler (1949), and Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864). After him are Nina Hoss (1975), Harald Irmscher (1946), Norbert Nigbur (1948), Heinrich Ewald (1803), Hanns Braun (1886), and Johann Gottfried Seume (1763).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hermann Kant ranks 303Before him are Joseph Meyer (1796), Theodor Plievier (1892), Mirjam Pressler (1940), Botho Strauß (1944), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), and Walter Kempowski (1929). After him are Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Wolf Erlbruch (1948), Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948), Wilhelm Geiger (1856), and Jakob van Hoddis (1887).