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Stefan George

1868 - 1933

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Stefan Anton George (German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈʔantoːn ɡeˈ(ʔ)ɔʁɡə]; 12 July 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary circle called the George-Kreis and for founding the literary magazine Blätter für die Kunst ('Journal for the Arts'). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefan George is the 937th most popular writer (down from 906th in 2019), the 930th most popular biography from Germany (down from 856th in 2019) and the 58th most popular German Writer.

Stefan George was a German poet and essayist who was one of the most important figures in German literature. He was also the founder of the Berlin Circle, a literary group that promoted a new style of poetry called "George-style."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stefan George ranks 937 out of 7,302. Before him are Katherine Mansfield, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Aelius Donatus, Jan Neruda, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and David Irving. After him are Ján Kollár, Julien Green, Daniel Keyes, Al-Mutanabbi, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Jules Renard.

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Among people born in 1868, Stefan George ranks 41. Before him are Louis Couturat, Vittorio Monti, Florence Foster Jenkins, Huo Yuanjia, Scott Joplin, and Josephine Bakhita. After him are Pompeu Fabra, Felix Hausdorff, Édouard Vuillard, Magnus Hirschfeld, Eleanor H. Porter, and Alexandra David-Néel. Among people deceased in 1933, Stefan George ranks 19. Before him are Wilhelm Cuno, Nikolai Yudenich, Annie Besant, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Paul Painlevé, and Knud Rasmussen. After him are Princess Thyra of Denmark, Oskar Potiorek, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Erhard Heiden, Frank Jarvis, and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 930 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Hans Sachs (1494), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Jochen Mass (1946), Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), and Andreas Brehme (1960). After him are Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Arthur Auwers (1838), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), and Frei Otto (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 58. Before him are Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), Kurt Eisner (1867), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Marie d'Agoult (1805), and Hans Sachs (1494). After him are Hrotsvitha (935), Peter Weiss (1916), Frank Wedekind (1864), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Joost van den Vondel (1587), and Bettina von Arnim (1785).

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