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Peter Stamm

1963 - Today

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Peter Stamm (born 18 January 1963 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss writer. His prize-winning books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2013, and in 2014 he won the prestigious Friedrich Hölderlin Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Stamm is the 6,310th most popular writer (up from 6,472nd in 2024), the 683rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 705th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Stamm ranks 6,305 out of 7,302. Before him are Polly Samson. After him are Meg Cabot, Sándor Csoóri, N. Scott Momaday, Cristina Rivera Garza, Mulk Raj Anand, Brian Stableford, Hammond Innes, Abby Mann, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Eric Van Lustbader, and Sheila Jeffreys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Peter Stamm ranks 530. Before him are Brendan Coyle, Jos Luhukay, Tim DeKay, Terry Farrell, Stephen Tataw, and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch. After him are Boris Nadezhdin, Jörg Buttgereit, Criss Oliva, Marcus Nispel, Kevin Chamberlin, and Michael McFaul.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Peter Stamm ranks 683 out of 1,015. Before him are Edy Hubacher (1940), Urs Fischer (1966), Hoyte van Hoytema (1971), Marco Pascolo (1966), Ludovic Magnin (1979), and Peter Maurer (1956). After him are Yves Rossy (1959), Jürg Röthlisberger (1955), Walter Schneiter (1918), Jean-Claude Rudaz (1942), Gregor Kobel (1997), and Lise-Marie Morerod (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Peter Stamm ranks 53. Before him are Béatrix Beck (1914), Joël Dicker (1985), Alain de Botton (1969), Jacques Chessex (1934), Kurt Marti (1921), and Christian Kracht (1966). After him are Daniele Ganser (1972), Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1978), Owen Gleiberman (1959), and Lukas Bärfuss (1971).

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