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Peter Bieri

1944 - 2023

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Peter Bieri (23 June 1944 – 27 June 2023), better known by his pseudonym, Pascal Mercier, was a Swiss writer and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Bieri is the 2,723rd most popular writer (up from 2,724th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 275th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Bieri ranks 2,723 out of 7,302Before him are Mago, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Karel Jaromír Erben, Eva Mozes Kor, Patrick O'Brian, and Táhirih. After him are Herman Wouk, Wilfred Owen, Michael Ondaatje, Franz Overbeck, Pierre Gringore, and Tadeusz Różewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Peter Bieri ranks 291Before him are Katsuyoshi Kuwahara, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Taylor Hackford, Vernor Vinge, Abdul Qadir, and Eddie Gómez. After him are Robert Hanssen, Christine Chubbuck, Sandra Faber, Bo Larsson, Lars Norén, and Geoffrey Hughes. Among people deceased in 2023, Peter Bieri ranks 177Before him are Andrés García, George Pell, Dmitry Utkin, Sherif Ismail, Irenaios, and Suzanne Somers. After him are Hans Albert, Robert Hanssen, Marouf al-Bakhit, Yuri Temirkanov, Shane MacGowan, and Boniface Alexandre.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Peter Bieri ranks 291 out of 1,015Before him are Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (1808), Gustave Ador (1845), Hector Hodler (1887), Claude Goretta (1929), Peter Bichsel (1935), and Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952). After him are Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Ignazio Cassis (1961), Oswald Heer (1809), Robert Frank (1924), Michelle Hunziker (1977), and Julius Maggi (1846).

Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Peter Bieri ranks 30Before him are Emma Jung (1882), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Alphonse Matejka (1902), and Peter Bichsel (1935). After him are Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Arthur Cravan (1887), Fernán Caballero (1796), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Theodore Bibliander (1500), and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484).