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Ingeborg Bachmann

1926 - 1973

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Ingeborg Bachmann (Austrian German: [ˈɪŋəbɔrɡ ˈbaxman]; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by German philologist Harald Patzer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ingeborg Bachmann is the 661st most popular writer (up from 839th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 206th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Austrian Writer.

Ingeborg Bachmann is most famous for her novel "The Piano Teacher" which is about a woman who is a piano teacher and also has a love affair with one of her students.

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Among writers, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 661 out of 7,302. Before her are Bruno Schulz, Karl Kraus, Émile Verhaeren, Giacomo Leopardi, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky. After her are Francesca da Rimini, Alvin Toffler, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Carlos Fuentes, Curzio Malaparte, and Luis de Góngora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 40. Before her are Leopoldo Galtieri, Henry Molaison, Ivan Illich, Valdas Adamkus, Allen Ginsberg, and John Coltrane. After her are David Attenborough, Jack Brabham, Necmettin Erbakan, Tsung-Dao Lee, Ed McBain, and Mel Brooks. Among people deceased in 1973, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 36. Before her are Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Selman Waksman, Semyon Budyonny, Gabriel Marcel, Walter Rudolf Hess, and Víctor Jara. After her are Gerard Kuiper, Jacques Maritain, Hans Albert Einstein, Lon Chaney Jr., Amílcar Cabral, and Maurice René Fréchet.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 163 out of 1,424. Before her are Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559), Nikola IV Zrinski (1508), Eduard Strauss (1835), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Hermann Broch (1886), and Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351). After her are Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281), Fritz Kreisler (1875), Eric Kandel (1929), Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529), Max Perutz (1914), and Otto Weininger (1880).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 16. Before her are Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), and Hermann Broch (1886). After her are Otto of Freising (1114), Edward Bernays (1891), Franz Grillparzer (1791), Miep Gies (1909), August Kubizek (1888), and Božena Němcová (1820).

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