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Rosa Mayreder

1858 - 1938

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Rosa Mayreder (née Obermeyer; 30 November 1858, in Vienna – 19 January 1938, in Vienna) was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Marie and Franz Arnold Obermayer who was a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper. Rosa had twelve brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the formal education of girls he allowed her to participate in the Greek and Latin lessons of one of her brothers. She also received private instruction in French, painting and the piano. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rosa Mayreder is the 4,980th most popular writer (down from 4,734th in 2019), the 899th most popular biography from Austria (down from 844th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosa Mayreder ranks 4,980 out of 7,302Before her are Magdi Allam, Paul van Ostaijen, Yehoshua Kenaz, Fritz von Unruh, Stanislav Stratiev, and Hans Werner Richter. After her are Giovanni Berchet, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Hermann Kesten, Jack Finney, Mordecai Richler, and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Rosa Mayreder ranks 115Before her are Stoyan Danev, Yukio Ozaki, Gerard De Geer, Edward M. House, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, and Henry Scott Tuke. After her are Take Ionescu, May Robson, Albert Samain, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Liberty Hyde Bailey, and Dimitar Petkov. Among people deceased in 1938, Rosa Mayreder ranks 189Before her are Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Matvei Bronstein, John Kunkel Small, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, André Blondel, and Choʻlpon. After her are Theodor Fischer, John Derbyshire, Georgy Langemak, Ricardo Samper, Heinrich Held, and Jean-Guy Gautier.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Rosa Mayreder ranks 899 out of 1,424Before her are Josef Feistmantl (1939), Leopold Lindtberg (1902), Ruth Maier (1920), Ruth Klüger (1931), Leonie Rysanek (1926), and Anton Janda (1904). After her are Erwin Wurm (1954), Heinrich Messner (1939), Kiki Kogelnik (1935), Paul Halla (1931), Julius Lenhart (1875), and Dieter Quester (1939).

Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Rosa Mayreder ranks 67Before her are Albert Ehrenstein (1886), Ava (1060), H. C. Artmann (1921), Géza Csáth (1887), Ruth Maier (1920), and Ruth Klüger (1931). After her are Ferdinand von Saar (1833), Eva Ibbotson (1925), André Heller (1947), Robert Menasse (1954), Walter Abish (1931), and Thomas Brezina (1963).