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Siegfried Lenz

1926 - 2014

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Siegfried Lenz (German: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈlɛnts] ; 17 March 1926 – 7 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Siegfried Lenz is the 1,512th most popular writer (down from 1,398th in 2019), the 1,616th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,462nd in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,512 out of 7,302. Before him are Lydia Koidula, Jean M. Auel, Gore Vidal, William Heinesen, Thornton Wilder, and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. After him are Fredric Jameson, Henry Steel Olcott, Ken Kesey, Daniel Pennac, Rafael Alberti, and Jules de Goncourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Siegfried Lenz ranks 116. Before him are Poul Anderson, Roger Corman, Karl Richter, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Patricia Neal, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco. After him are Verner Panton, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Jimmy Savile, Youssef Chahine, Jürgen Moltmann, and Nina Kulagina. Among people deceased in 2014, Siegfried Lenz ranks 85. Before him are Karl Albrecht, Henry Hartsfield, Vladimir Beara, Hal Finney, Billy Milligan, and B. K. S. Iyengar. After him are Gabriel Axel, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Alice Herz-Sommer, Ben Bradlee, Oscar de la Renta, and Stuart Hall.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,616 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), Gunter Sachs (1932), Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604), Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853), Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1257), and Adolf Schmal (1872). After him are Jürgen Grabowski (1944), Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1784), Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758), and Franz Aepinus (1724).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 100. Before him are Joachim Fest (1926), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Albert of Aix (1060), Paul Rée (1849), Gustav Landauer (1870), and August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798). After him are Marianne Weber (1870), Heiner Müller (1929), Lina Heydrich (1911), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), and Christian Morgenstern (1871).

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