WRITER

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

1874 - 1929

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Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (German: [ˈhuːɡo fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl] ; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo von Hofmannsthal is the 542nd most popular writer (up from 605th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Austria (up from 138th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Writer.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal is most famous for his poem "The Lord's Prayer" and the libretto for Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier."

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Among writers, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 542 out of 7,302. Before him are Martial, Vasubandhu, Luo Guanzhong, Nâzım Hikmet, Osip Mandelstam, and Seneca the Elder. After him are Camille Flammarion, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Jean Paul, Enid Blyton, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Miguel Ángel Asturias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 27. Before him are Ernest Shackleton, August Krogh, Nikolai Berdyaev, Alexander Kolchak, Talaat Pasha, and G. K. Chesterton. After him are D. F. Malan, Konstantin Päts, Antanas Smetona, Nicholas Roerich, Abbas II of Egypt, and Karl Kraus. Among people deceased in 1929, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 9. Before him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Ferdinand Foch, Gustav Stresemann, Wilhelm Maybach, Herman Hollerith, and Charles Cooley. After him are Bernhard von Bülow, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Sergei Diaghilev, Emile Berliner, Émile Loubet, and Thomas Burke.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 134 out of 1,424. Before him are Richard Kuhn (1900), Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857), Josef Breuer (1842), Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742), Georg Trakl (1887), and Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760). After him are Heinrich Harrer (1912), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), Maria Josepha of Austria (1699), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), and Klaus Ebner (1964).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 10. Before him are Peter Handke (1942), Robert Musil (1880), Peter Drucker (1909), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Paula Hitler (1896), and Georg Trakl (1887). After him are Klaus Ebner (1964), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Hermann Broch (1886), and Ingeborg Bachmann (1926).

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