WRITER
Stefan Zweig
1881 - 1942

Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig ( ZWYGHE, SWYGHE; German: [ˈʃtɛfan t͡svaɪ̯k] or Austrian German: [t͡svaɪ̯g]; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world. Zweig was raised in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He wrote historical studies of famous literary figures, such as Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky in Drei Meister (1920; Three Masters), and decisive historical events in Decisive Moments in History (1927). Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefan Zweig is the 69th most popular writer (down from 59th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Austria (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Writer.
Stefan Zweig was a prolific Austrian writer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Beware of Pity" and his autobiography "The World of Yesterday."
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Stefan Zweig ranks 69 out of 7,302. Before him are Ayn Rand, Aeschylus, Bertolt Brecht, Selma Lagerlöf, Rabindranath Tagore, and Jorge Luis Borges. After him are Thomas Mann, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Frost, Romain Rolland, Charles Perrault, and Umberto Eco.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAyn Rand
1905 - 1982
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 63
Aeschylus
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 83.66
Rank: 64
Bertolt Brecht
1898 - 1956
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 65
Selma Lagerlöf
1858 - 1940
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 66
Rabindranath Tagore
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 67
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 - 1986
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 68
Stefan Zweig
1881 - 1942
HPI: 83.35
Rank: 69
Thomas Mann
1875 - 1955
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 70
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 71
Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 72
Romain Rolland
1866 - 1944
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 73
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 74
Umberto Eco
1932 - 2016
HPI: 83.13
Rank: 75
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1881, Stefan Zweig ranks 5. Before him are Pablo Picasso, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Pope John XXIII, and Alexander Fleming. After him are Béla Bartók, Alexander Kerensky, Roger Martin du Gard, Lu Xun, Cecil B. DeMille, Anna Pavlova, and Enver Pasha. Among people deceased in 1942, Stefan Zweig ranks 1. After him are Reinhard Heydrich, Janusz Korczak, Richard Willstätter, Edith Stein, José Raúl Capablanca, Jean Baptiste Perrin, William Henry Bragg, Bronisław Malinowski, Robert Musil, Walther von Reichenau, and Anton Drexler.
Others Born in 1881
Go to all RankingsPablo Picasso
PAINTER
1881 - 1973
HPI: 91.68
Rank: 1
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.26
Rank: 2
Pope John XXIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1881 - 1963
HPI: 87.98
Rank: 3
Alexander Fleming
BIOLOGIST
1881 - 1955
HPI: 84.76
Rank: 4
Stefan Zweig
WRITER
1881 - 1942
HPI: 83.35
Rank: 5
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 6
Alexander Kerensky
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1970
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 7
Roger Martin du Gard
WRITER
1881 - 1958
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 8
Lu Xun
WRITER
1881 - 1936
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 9
Cecil B. DeMille
FILM DIRECTOR
1881 - 1959
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 10
Anna Pavlova
DANCER
1881 - 1931
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 11
Enver Pasha
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1922
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1942
Go to all RankingsStefan Zweig
WRITER
1881 - 1942
HPI: 83.35
Rank: 1
Reinhard Heydrich
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1942
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 2
Janusz Korczak
WRITER
1878 - 1942
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 3
Richard Willstätter
CHEMIST
1872 - 1942
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 4
Edith Stein
PHILOSOPHER
1891 - 1942
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 5
José Raúl Capablanca
CHESS PLAYER
1888 - 1942
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 6
Jean Baptiste Perrin
PHYSICIST
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 7
William Henry Bragg
PHYSICIST
1862 - 1942
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 8
Bronisław Malinowski
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1884 - 1942
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 9
Robert Musil
WRITER
1880 - 1942
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 10
Walther von Reichenau
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1884 - 1942
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 11
Anton Drexler
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1942
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 12
In Austria
Among people born in Austria, Stefan Zweig ranks 13 out of 1,424. Before him are Marie Antoinette (1755), Franz Liszt (1811), Johann Strauss II (1825), Gustav Klimt (1862), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), and Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947). After him are Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741).
Others born in Austria
Go to all RankingsMarie Antoinette
NOBLEMAN
1755 - 1793
HPI: 87.43
Rank: 7
Franz Liszt
MUSICIAN
1811 - 1886
HPI: 84.99
Rank: 8
Johann Strauss II
COMPOSER
1825 - 1899
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 9
Gustav Klimt
PAINTER
1862 - 1918
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 10
Erwin Schrödinger
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1961
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 11
Arnold Schwarzenegger
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 12
Stefan Zweig
WRITER
1881 - 1942
HPI: 83.35
Rank: 13
Ludwig Wittgenstein
PHILOSOPHER
1889 - 1951
HPI: 83.27
Rank: 14
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1527 - 1576
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 15
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1459 - 1519
HPI: 82.74
Rank: 16
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1858 - 1889
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 17
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1863 - 1914
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 18
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1741 - 1790
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 19
Among WRITERS In Austria
Among writers born in Austria, Stefan Zweig ranks 1. After him are Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Peter Handke (1942), Robert Musil (1880), Peter Drucker (1909), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Paula Hitler (1896), Georg Trakl (1887), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Walther von der Vogelweide (1170).
Stefan Zweig
1881 - 1942
HPI: 83.35
Rank: 1
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1888 - 1970
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 2
Elfriede Jelinek
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 3
Peter Handke
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 4
Robert Musil
1880 - 1942
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 5
Peter Drucker
1909 - 2005
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 6
Arthur Schnitzler
1862 - 1931
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 7
Paula Hitler
1896 - 1960
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 8
Georg Trakl
1887 - 1914
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 9
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
1874 - 1929
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 10
Klaus Ebner
1964 - Present
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 11
Walther von der Vogelweide
1170 - 1230
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 12