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Peter Rosegger

1843 - 1918

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Peter Rosegger (original Roßegger) (31 July 1843 – 26 June 1918) was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger (or Rossegger) went on to become a most prolific poet and author as well as an insightful teacher and visionary. In his later years, he was honoured by officials from various Austrian universities and the city of Graz (the capital of Styria). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Rosegger is the 3,770th most popular writer (down from 3,689th in 2019), the 716th most popular biography from Austria (down from 708th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among writers, Peter Rosegger ranks 3,770 out of 7,302. Before him are Sumitranandan Pant, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Aleksandar Tišma, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Spencer Johnson. After him are Edmond Privat, Dennis Lehane, John Ford, Gideon Levy, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, and Meir Shalev.

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Among people born in 1843, Peter Rosegger ranks 63. Before him are Kliment Timiryazev, Emily Warren Roebling, Émile Levassor, Ernest Mason Satow, Kristian Zahrtmann, and Gaston Tissandier. After him are Louis Diémer, Louis Duchesne, Gertrude Jekyll, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, and Frederick Abberline. Among people deceased in 1918, Peter Rosegger ranks 121. Before him are John L. Sullivan, Ulisse Dini, Milan Neralić, Meshadi Azizbekov, Bohumil Kubišta, and Hubert Parry. After him are Alexander Protopopov, Victor Willems, George Lawrence Price, Sophie Menter, Vasily Safonov, and Nikolai Ruzsky.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Peter Rosegger ranks 716 out of 1,424. Before him are Lilia Skala (1896), Elise Richter (1865), Alois Mock (1934), Nadja Tiller (1929), Eva May (1902), and Eugen Wüster (1898). After him are Karl Sesta (1906), Ernst Toch (1887), Adi Hütter (1970), Dénes Berinkey (1871), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), and František Svoboda (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Peter Rosegger ranks 53. Before him are Barbara Frischmuth (1941), Lajos Bíró (1880), Ernst Jandl (1925), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), Michael Denis (1729), and Ludwig Anzengruber (1839). After him are Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866), René Wellek (1903), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), and Annemarie Selinko (1914).

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