WRITER

Max Frisch

1911 - 1991

Photo of Max Frisch

Icon of person Max Frisch

Max Rudolf Frisch (German: [maks ˈfʁɪʃ] ; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war output. Frisch was one of the founders of Gruppe Olten. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Frisch is the 674th most popular writer (up from 809th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 82nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Writer.

Max Frisch is most famous for his novel "I'm Not Stiller" which was published in Germany in 1958. The novel is about a man who is unsure of his identity and is trying to find out who he is.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Max Frisch by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Frisch ranks 674 out of 7,302. Before him are Carlo Gozzi, Madame Roland, A. A. Milne, Magtymguly Pyragy, Premchand, and Leo Africanus. After him are Bernard Gui, Longus, Faxian, Jaroslav Seifert, Zecharia Sitchin, and Olga Tokarczuk.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Max Frisch ranks 36. Before him are William Alfred Fowler, Niels Kaj Jerne, Feodor Lynen, Robert Johnson, Wilhelm Mohnke, and Gian Carlo Menotti. After him are Klaus Fuchs, Trygve Haavelmo, Odysseas Elytis, Lê Đức Thọ, Richard Baer, and Jules Dassin. Among people deceased in 1991, Max Frisch ranks 26. Before him are Lazar Kaganovich, Ragnar Granit, Soichiro Honda, Oona O'Neill, Margot Fonteyn, and David Lean. After him are Arno Breker, Henri Lefebvre, Michael Landon, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Rajiv Gandhi, and Natalia Ginzburg.

Others Born in 1911

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1991

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Max Frisch ranks 69 out of 1,015. Before him are Werner Arber (1929), Hans Küng (1928), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Gabriel Cramer (1704), Emil Jannings (1884), and Hans Albert Einstein (1904). After him are Alexandre Yersin (1863), Siegfried Wagner (1869), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Domenico Fontana (1543), Clay Regazzoni (1939), and Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740).

Others born in Switzerland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Max Frisch ranks 7. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), Carl Spitteler (1845), Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), and Robert Walser (1878). After him are Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Gottfried Keller (1819), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), and Blaise Cendrars (1887).

Swiss born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous