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Otfried Preußler

1923 - 2013

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Otfried Preußler (pronounced [ˈɔtfʁiːt ˈpʁɔʏslɐ] ; sometimes spelled Preussler; born Otfried Syrowatka; 20 October 1923 – 18 February 2013) was a German children's books author. More than 50 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and they have been translated into 55 languages. His best-known works are The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Satanic Mill (Krabat). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otfried Preußler is the 1,776th most popular writer (down from 1,681st in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 209th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Otfried Preußler ranks 1,776 out of 7,302. Before him are François Coppée, Menander Protector, Francis Jammes, Raymond Roussel, Fulcanelli, and Lady Randolph Churchill. After him are Egon Kisch, Robert M. Parker Jr., Jeffery Deaver, Katsu Kaishū, Handrij Zejler, and Hjalmar Söderberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Otfried Preußler ranks 104. Before him are André Gorz, Albert King, Shūsaku Endō, Bettie Page, Antony Flew, and Edward Mulhare. After him are Madeleine Lebeau, Yaşar Kemal, Aaron Spelling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Belisario Betancur, and Álvaro Mutis. Among people deceased in 2013, Otfried Preußler ranks 102. Before him are Taihō Kōki, Eleanor Parker, Jack Vance, Clive Burr, Dominique Venner, and Pedro Rocha. After him are Joe Weider, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Stéphane Hessel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Álvaro Mutis, and Dennis Farina.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otfried Preußler ranks 228 out of 1,200. Before him are Julius von Payer (1841), Ivan Klíma (1931), Hugo Meisl (1881), Viliam Schrojf (1931), Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (1864), and Dominik Duka (1943). After him are Egon Kisch (1885), Karel Brückner (1939), Jan Syrový (1888), Josef Jelínek (1941), Tomáš Baťa (1876), and Helena Vondráčková (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Otfried Preußler ranks 23. Before him are Cosmas of Prague (1045), Josef Čapek (1887), Guido Adler (1855), Martin of Opava (1300), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), and Ivan Klíma (1931). After him are Egon Kisch (1885), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Josef Lada (1887), Petr Ginz (1928), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), and Pavel Kohout (1928).

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