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Paul Heyse

1830 - 1914

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (German: [paʊl ˈhaɪzə] ; 15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty dramas. The sum of Heyse's many and varied productions made him a dominant figure among German men of letters. He was awarded the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories." Wirsen, one of the Nobel judges, said that "Germany has not had a greater literary genius since Goethe." Heyse is the fifth oldest laureate in literature, after Alice Munro, Jaroslav Seifert, Theodor Mommsen and Doris Lessing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Heyse is the 235th most popular writer (up from 281st in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Germany (up from 240th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Writer.

Paul Heyse was a German poet, novelist, and essayist. He is most famous for his poetry, but also wrote novels and essays.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Heyse ranks 235 out of 7,302. Before him are John the Evangelist, Pliny the Younger, Nelly Sachs, Ray Bradbury, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, and J. D. Salinger. After him are Shota Rustaveli, William Blake, Truman Capote, Lucian, Friedrich Schlegel, and Juvenal.

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Among people born in 1830, Paul Heyse ranks 7. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emily Dickinson, Camille Pissarro, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Frédéric Mistral, and Abdülaziz. After him are Isabella II of Spain, Frederic Leighton, Porfirio Díaz, Hector Malot, Isma'il Pasha, and Julius Lothar Meyer. Among people deceased in 1914, Paul Heyse ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius X, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, and Frédéric Mistral. After him are Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, George Westinghouse, and Georg Trakl.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Heyse ranks 190 out of 7,253. Before him are Conrad III of Germany (1093), Nelly Sachs (1891), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Richard Willstätter (1872), Georgius Agricola (1494), and Hermann von Helmholtz (1821). After him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Leopold Mozart (1719), Johann Christian Bach (1735), and Ernst Röhm (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Paul Heyse ranks 15. Before him are Charles Bukowski (1920), Novalis (1772), Heinrich Böll (1917), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), and Nelly Sachs (1891). After him are Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Jacob Grimm (1785), Ernst Jünger (1895), Michael Ende (1929), and Heinrich von Kleist (1777).

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