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Robert Walser

1878 - 1956

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Robert Walser (15 April 1878 – 25 December 1956) was a German language Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler, and in various other low-paying trades. Despite marginal early success in his literary career, the popularity of his work gradually diminished over the second and third decades of the 20th century, making it increasingly difficult for him to support himself through writing. He eventually had a nervous breakdown and spent the remainder of his life in sanatoriums. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Walser is the 514th most popular writer (up from 532nd in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Switzerland and the 6th most popular Swiss Writer.

Robert Walser is most famous for his work in the field of German Expressionism. He wrote in a variety of forms, including novels, short stories, and poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Walser ranks 514 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Paine, Erich Kästner, Heinrich Mann, Isaac Babel, Mika Waltari, and August Wilhelm Schlegel. After him are Jostein Gaarder, Ivan Franko, Tibullus, Ivan Goncharov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ilya Ehrenburg.

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Among people born in 1878, Robert Walser ranks 13. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Werner von Blomberg, Manuel L. Quezon, Pancho Villa, André Citroën, and Alfred Döblin. After him are Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, Ferenc Molnár, Paul Reynaud, Maurice René Fréchet, and Ernest King. Among people deceased in 1956, Robert Walser ranks 14. Before him are Pietro Badoglio, Jules Rimet, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Emil Nolde, and Juho Kusti Paasikivi. After him are Bela Lugosi, Lucien Febvre, Risto Ryti, Konstantin Päts, A. A. Milne, and Alfred Kinsey.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Walser ranks 51 out of 1,015. Before him are Karl Barth (1886), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Adelaide of Italy (931), Eugen Bleuler (1857), Lys Assia (1924), and Daniel Bovet (1907). After him are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Ursula Andress (1936), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Angelica Kauffman (1741), and Richard R. Ernst (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Robert Walser ranks 6. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), Carl Spitteler (1845), Erich von Däniken (1935), and Karl Barth (1886). After him are Max Frisch (1911), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Gottfried Keller (1819), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908).

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