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Sarah Kirsch

1935 - 2013

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Sarah Kirsch (German: [ˈzaː.ʁa ˈkɪʁʃ] ; 16 April 1935 – 5 May 2013) was a German poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Kirsch is the 5,108th most popular writer (down from 3,990th in 2019), the 4,804th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,987th in 2019) and the 305th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sarah Kirsch ranks 5,108 out of 7,302Before her are Júlia Szendrey, Ben Bova, Marin Preda, Claudio Williman, Mochtar Lubis, and Ferdinand von Saar. After her are Duygu Asena, Jacques Jasmin, Tsendiin Damdinsüren, M. Ageyev, Prvoslav Vujcic, and Anton Aškerc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Sarah Kirsch ranks 370Before her are Ali Al-Naimi, Ervin Zádor, Arnaldo Pambianco, Cheo Feliciano, Hans Sturm, and Türkan Saylan. After her are György Kárpáti, Leo Falcam, Hubert Hahne, Arvo Valton, Horacio Troche, and Albín Brunovský. Among people deceased in 2013, Sarah Kirsch ranks 336Before her are Jean Stapleton, Mirja Hietamies, Stanisław Nagy, Kenojuak Ashevak, Danièle Dupré, and Józef Kowalski. After her are José Luis Sampedro, Giovanni Cheli, Alfredo Landa, Olga Aroseva, Kumar Pallana, and Stefano Borgonovo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sarah Kirsch ranks 4,807 out of 7,253Before her are Wendelin Werner (1968), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928), Ralph Kronig (1904), Heinrich Hax (1900), and Francis Buchholz (1954). After her are Tomislav Marić (1973), Hartwig Gauder (1954), Ulrich Wehling (1952), Hermann Josef Abs (1901), René Kollo (1937), and Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Sarah Kirsch ranks 305Before her are Mirjam Pressler (1940), Botho Strauß (1944), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), Walter Kempowski (1929), Hermann Kant (1926), and Johann Gottfried Seume (1763). After her are Wolf Erlbruch (1948), Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948), Wilhelm Geiger (1856), Jakob van Hoddis (1887), Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), and Jenny Erpenbeck (1967).