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Simon Dach

1605 - 1659

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Simon Dach (29 July 1605 – 15 April 1659) was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia (now Klaipėda in Lithuania). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Dach is the 1,845th most popular writer (up from 2,254th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 58th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simon Dach ranks 1,845 out of 7,302Before him are Jacques Cazotte, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Alonso de Ercilla, Joseph Joubert, and I. L. Peretz. After him are Giovannino Guareschi, Marcel Schwob, Namık Kemal, Hans F. K. Günther, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Sarah Moore Grimké.

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Among people born in 1605, Simon Dach ranks 13Before him are Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, Şehzade Mehmed, Ayşe Sultan, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Thomas Browne, and Semyon Dezhnev. After him are George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Ismaël Bullialdus, Ferenc Wesselényi, and Zhu Yuyue. Among people deceased in 1659, Simon Dach ranks 8Before him are Dara Shukoh, Hyojong of Joseon, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Michał Boym, Willem Drost, Jan Baptist Weenix, Giovanni Pesaro, and Juan de Palafox y Mendoza.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 52 out of 328Before him are Leopold Godowsky (1870), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Gediminas Kirkilas (1951), Bluma Zeigarnik (1900), Arvydas Sabonis (1964), and Jonas Basanavičius (1851). After him are Jonas Mekas (1922), Audrys Bačkis (1937), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885), and Uljana Semjonova (1952).

Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 3Before him are Czesław Miłosz (1911), and Romain Gary (1914). After him are Jonas Mekas (1922), Hermann Sudermann (1857), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Vydūnas (1868), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Tomas Venclova (1937), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), and Žemaitė (1845).