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Hrotsvitha

935 - 1002

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Hrotsvitha (c. 935–973) was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness. She is considered the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first female historian, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet. Hrotsvitha's six short dramas are considered to be her most important works. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hrotsvitha is the 956th most popular writer (up from 1,024th in 2019), the 945th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,019th in 2019) and the 59th most popular German Writer.

Hrotsvitha is most famous for her writing of "The Life of Saint Eustace."

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Among writers, Hrotsvitha ranks 956 out of 7,302. Before her are Lucius Accius, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Samuel Butler, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, George Steiner, and Ernesto Sabato. After her are Horatio Alger, Peter Weiss, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Silius Italicus, John Updike, and Panait Istrati.

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Among people born in 935, Hrotsvitha ranks 3. Before her are Harald Bluetooth, and Harald Greycloak. After her are William IV, Duke of Aquitaine, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar, and Michitsuna's mother. Among people deceased in 1002, Hrotsvitha ranks 3. Before her are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Almanzor. After her are Rogneda of Polotsk, and Henry I, Duke of Burgundy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hrotsvitha ranks 945 out of 7,253. Before her are Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Helmut Schön (1915), John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), Erich Priebke (1913), David Fabricius (1564), and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635). After her are Johannes Trithemius (1462), Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Helmut Rahn (1929), Herta Oberheuser (1911), and Peter Weiss (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hrotsvitha ranks 59. Before her are Theodor Fontane (1819), Kurt Eisner (1867), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Hans Sachs (1494), and Stefan George (1868). After her are Peter Weiss (1916), Frank Wedekind (1864), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Bettina von Arnim (1785), and Johann Peter Eckermann (1792).

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