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Rahel Varnhagen

1771 - 1833

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Rahel Antonie Friederike Varnhagen (German: [ˈʁaːɛl ˈfaʁnhaːɡən]) (née Levin, later Robert; 19 May 1771 – 7 March 1833) was a German writer who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late-18th and early-19th centuries. She is the subject of a celebrated biography, Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess (1957), by Hannah Arendt. Arendt cherished Varnhagen as her "closest friend, though she ha[d] been dead for some hundred years". The asteroid 100029 Varnhagen is named in her honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rahel Varnhagen is the 2,228th most popular writer (down from 2,068th in 2019), the 2,413th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,191st in 2019) and the 145th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Rahel Varnhagen ranks 2,228 out of 7,302. Before her are Telesilla, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Sergei Dovlatov, Harlan Ellison, Jorge Manrique, and Arkady Gaidar. After her are Frédéric Ozanam, Joseph Kessel, Suzanne Collins, Rudolf Rocker, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Claude Farrère.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Rahel Varnhagen ranks 22. Before her are Mungo Park, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Ferdinando Paer, Joseph Diez Gergonne, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Mikhail Miloradovich. After her are Nicolas Chopin, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Jean Rapp, Georges Cadoudal, and Ivan Martinov. Among people deceased in 1833, Rahel Varnhagen ranks 24. Before her are Adamantios Korais, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, René Louiche Desfontaines, Antoni Radziwiłł, and Ferdinand Hérold. After her are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Ivan Martinov, Nannette Streicher, Yagan, Fausto Elhuyar, and Gottlob Ernst Schulze.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rahel Varnhagen ranks 2,414 out of 7,253. Before her are Franz Abt (1819), Jens Böhrnsen (1949), Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528), Joseph Weizenbaum (1923), Joseph Dietzgen (1828), and Otto Kuntze (1843). After her are Rudolf Rocker (1873), Dorothea Erxleben (1715), Hannelore Kohl (1933), Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (1515), Arnold Ruge (1802), and Hans Tilkowski (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Rahel Varnhagen ranks 145. Before her are Jordan of Saxony (1190), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Erich Mühsam (1878), Judith Kerr (1923), Wilhelm Raabe (1831), and Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613). After her are Rudolf Rocker (1873), Karlheinz Deschner (1924), Uri Avnery (1923), Fred Uhlman (1901), Sebastian Haffner (1907), and Jurij Brězan (1916).

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