WRITER

Ludwig Tieck

1773 - 1853

Photo of Ludwig Tieck

Icon of person Ludwig Tieck

Johann Ludwig Tieck (; German: [tiːk]; 31 May 1773 – 28 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Tieck is the 611th most popular writer (up from 628th in 2019), the 601st most popular biography from Germany (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Writer.

Ludwig Tieck is most famous for his fairy tales and his work as a literary critic.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ludwig Tieck by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ludwig Tieck ranks 611 out of 7,302Before him are Lion Feuchtwanger, Bert Hellinger, Ellen G. White, Dino Buzzati, Titus Pomponius Atticus, and Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. After him are Sei Shōnagon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Amin Maalouf, Aulus Gellius, Harold Pinter, and Maria Leopoldina of Austria.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Ludwig Tieck ranks 7Before him are Louis Philippe I, Klemens von Metternich, Robert Brown, Thomas Young, William Henry Harrison, and Friedrich Mohs. After him are Louis I of Etruria, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Aimé Bonpland, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, and Thérésa Tallien. Among people deceased in 1853, Ludwig Tieck ranks 5Before him are William R. King, Christian Doppler, François Arago, and Maria II of Portugal. After him are Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Leopold Gmelin, and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński.

Others Born in 1773

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1853

Go to all Rankings

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Tieck ranks 601 out of 7,253Before him are Bert Hellinger (1925), Friedrich Mohs (1773), Sophia of Nassau (1836), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Hans Spemann (1869), and Theodor W. Hänsch (1941). After him are Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), August Weismann (1834), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), and Gustav Heinemann (1899).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ludwig Tieck ranks 35Before him are August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Jean Paul (1763), Ulrich von Hutten (1488), Patrick Süskind (1949), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), and Bert Hellinger (1925). After him are Klaus Mann (1906), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Georg Büchner (1813), Clemens Brentano (1778), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), and Hugo Ball (1886).