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Stefan Heym

1913 - 2001

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Helmut Flieg (10 April 1913 – 16 December 2001) was a German writer, known by his pseudonym Stefan Heym (pronounced [ˈʃtɛfan ˈhaɪm] ). He lived in the United States and trained at Camp Ritchie in 1943, making him one of the Ritchie Boys of World War II. In 1952, he returned to his home to the part of his native Germany which was, from 1949 to 1990, the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany. He published works in English and German at home and abroad, and despite longstanding criticism of the GDR remained a committed socialist. He was awarded the 1953 Heinrich Mann Prize, the 1959 National Prize of East Germany (2nd class), and the 1993 Jerusalem Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefan Heym is the 2,883rd most popular writer (down from 2,493rd in 2019), the 3,049th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,648th in 2019) and the 184th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Stefan Heym ranks 2,883 out of 7,302. Before him are Gasparo Contarini, Aelred of Rievaulx, Angela Carter, Josef Škvorecký, Alexander Imich, and Sæmundr fróði. After him are Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Andrei Sinyavsky, Frans G. Bengtsson, Solomon Perel, and Petr Chelčický.

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Among people born in 1913, Stefan Heym ranks 155. Before him are Earle Meadows, Alexander Kotov, Gig Young, Elisaveta Bykova, Hajo Herrmann, and Charles Berlitz. After him are Fritz-Julius Lemp, Mouloud Feraoun, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Johann Niemann, Vicente Calderón, and Benjamin Markarian. Among people deceased in 2001, Stefan Heym ranks 116. Before him are Henri Alekan, Leila Pahlavi, Javier Urruticoechea, Ken Tyrrell, William T. Stearn, and Michael Ritchie. After him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Aaliyah, Alexei Tupolev, Barend Biesheuvel, Beatrice Straight, and Josef Klaus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stefan Heym ranks 3,051 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfgang Iser (1926), Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (1908), Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg (1388), Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1425), Adolph Frank (1834), and Konrad Duden (1829). After him are Jacques Ignace Hittorff (1792), Alojs Andritzki (1914), Karl Wittgenstein (1847), Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Solomon Perel (1925), and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Stefan Heym ranks 184. Before him are Alice Schwarzer (1942), Ludwig Rellstab (1799), Ricarda Huch (1864), Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), Karl Philipp Moritz (1756), and Wolfgang Iser (1926). After him are Solomon Perel (1925), Richard Dehmel (1863), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), George Mosse (1918), Sebastian Franck (1499), and Gottschalk of Orbais (805).

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