WRITER

Ludwig Thoma

1867 - 1921

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Ludwig Thoma (German: [ˈluːt.vɪç ˈtoː.ma] ; 21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life. After graduation from the Imperial Latin School in Landstuhl (today: Sickingen- Gymnasium Landstuhl), he first studied Forestry in Aschaffenburg, then Law until 1893 in Munich and Erlangen. Subsequently, he settled down as a lawyer, at first in Dachau, later in Munich. After 1899, he worked for the magazine Simplicissimus and published humorous narrations, comedies, novels and stories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Thoma is the 5,302nd most popular writer (down from 5,161st in 2019), the 4,919th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,794th in 2019) and the 314th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Ludwig Thoma ranks 5,302 out of 7,302. Before him are Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Maurice Carême, Alfonso Sastre, Norman Smith, Granius Licinianus, and Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie. After him are Wyndham Lewis, Mateja Matevski, Theodora Kroeber, Richard Wagner, Alain Bosquet, and Duncan Regehr.

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Among people born in 1867, Ludwig Thoma ranks 134. Before him are René Boylesve, Victor Thibault, Charles Dana Gibson, Petr Bezruč, Vikenty Veresaev, and György Almásy. After him are Ernest Dowson, Frank Brangwyn, Timrava, Wilberforce Eaves, Grigore Antipa, and Carlos Eugenio Restrepo. Among people deceased in 1921, Ludwig Thoma ranks 117. Before him are Rafael Reyes, Mary Watson Whitney, Jean Aicard, Leo Königsberger, Léon Moreaux, and Oswald Schmiedeberg. After him are Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Nino Martoglio, Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, Emily Davies, Mustafa Subhi, and Władysław Żeleński.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Thoma ranks 4,922 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernhard Horwitz (1807), Heinrich Christian Boie (1744), Heidi Biebl (1941), Benedikt Höwedes (1988), Veronica Ferres (1965), and Johanna Lüttge (1936). After him are Richard Andree (1835), Reinhold Mack (1901), Ulrike Richter (1959), Klaus Bonsack (1941), Oskar Messter (1866), and Jürgen Kissner (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ludwig Thoma ranks 314. Before him are Wilhelm Geiger (1856), Jakob van Hoddis (1887), Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), Jenny Erpenbeck (1967), Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708), and Heinrich Christian Boie (1744). After him are Günther Jauch (1956), Brigitte Reimann (1933), Gabriele Kuby (1944), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), Peter Härtling (1933), and Carl Amery (1922).

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