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Irmgard Keun

1905 - 1982

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Irmgard Keun ([ˈɪʁmɡaʁt ˈkɔɪ̯n]; 6 February 1905 – 5 May 1982) was a German novelist. Noted for her portrayals of the life of women, she is described as "often reduced to the bold sexuality of her writing, [yet] a significant author of the late Weimar period and die Neue Sachlichkeit." She was born into an affluent family and was given the autonomy to explore her passions. After her attempts at acting ended at the age of 16, Keun began working as a writer after years of working in Hamburg and Greifswald. Her books were banned by Nazi authorities but gained recognition during the final years of her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irmgard Keun is the 4,147th most popular writer (down from 3,822nd in 2019), the 4,161st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,834th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irmgard Keun ranks 4,147 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean de Brunhoff, Sonny Barger, Alexander Serafimovich, David Lagercrantz, Reinhard Bonnke, and Anne-Cath. Vestly. After her are Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Masuji Ibuse, James Thurber, Juhan Smuul, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, and Josef Kajetán Tyl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Irmgard Keun ranks 231. Before her are Laura Perls, Mary Renault, Conduelo Píriz, Eric Frank Russell, Pote Sarasin, and Fulvio Bernardini. After her are Franco Riccardi, Eivar Widlund, Fred Alderman, Mischa Auer, Lev Atamanov, and Floyd Gottfredson. Among people deceased in 1982, Irmgard Keun ranks 170. Before her are Douglas Bader, Haskell Curry, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Rachel Cohen-Kagan, Alfons Dorfner, and Carmelo Robledo. After her are Roberto Aballay, Juan O'Gorman, Marietta Shaginyan, Vasily Rudenkov, Bernhard Rogge, and Eino Penttilä.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Irmgard Keun ranks 4,163 out of 7,253. Before her are Monika Zehrt (1952), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756), Barbara Krause (1959), Carl Tanzler (1877), Conny Plank (1940), and Paul Janes (1912). After her are Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1802), Erick-Oskar Hansen (1889), Alfred Müller-Armack (1901), Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682), Alfred Bickel (1918), and Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Irmgard Keun ranks 252. Before her are Herbert Achternbusch (1938), Emmy Hennings (1885), Carl Sternheim (1878), Maximilian Harden (1861), Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931), and Ken Adam (1921). After her are Cordelia Edvardson (1929), Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Ruth Westheimer (1928), Max Lange (1832), Emanuel Geibel (1815), and James Krüss (1926).

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