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Peter Hacks

1928 - 2003

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Peter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist. Hacks was born in Breslau (Wrocław), Lower Silesia. Displaced by World War II, Hacks settled in Munich in 1947, where he made acquaintance with Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht. Hacks then followed Brecht to East Berlin in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Hacks is the 6,121st most popular writer (down from 5,835th in 2019), the 1,223rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,159th in 2019) and the 149th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Hacks ranks 6,121 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Arène, Michael Lewis, Albert Kivikas, David Mitchell, Paul Scott, and Jean Dutourd. After him are Bernice Rubens, Kathryn Stockett, Deborah Harkness, Tierno Monénembo, M. Scott Peck, and James Herbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Peter Hacks ranks 528. Before him are Stig Sjölin, René Vautier, Jean-François Deniau, Olle Larsson, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, and Gertrude Liebhart. After him are Sheila Jordan, Wanda Hendrix, Joseph Kruskal, Aisha Rateb, Beniamino Andreatta, and Władysław Hasior. Among people deceased in 2003, Peter Hacks ranks 331. Before him are Carol Shields, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Armand Borel, Vera Zorina, Dave DeBusschere, and Edward F. Moore. After him are Jan-Just Bos, Éva Janikovszky, Robert Detweiler, Robert John Braidwood, Lou Harrison, and C. Douglas Dillon.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Peter Hacks ranks 1,223 out of 1,694. Before him are Henryk Wieczorek (1949), Kazimierz Lipień (1949), Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (1950), Wojciech Fortuna (1952), Arkadiusz Godel (1952), and Hubert Kostka (1940). After him are Anna Fotyga (1957), Dietrich Stobbe (1938), Bronisław Malinowski (1951), Marek Dąbrowski (1949), Dariusz Michalczewski (1968), and Grzegorz Krychowiak (1990).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Peter Hacks ranks 149. Before him are Paul Mattick (1904), Lina Morgenstern (1830), Antoni Słonimski (1895), Ewa Lipska (1945), Maria Janion (1926), and Leon Kruczkowski (1900). After him are Stanisław Barańczak (1946), Andrzej Stasiuk (1960), Paweł Huelle (1957), Jacek Dukaj (1974), Szczepan Sadurski (1965), and Dorota Masłowska (1983).

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