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Theodor Plievier

1892 - 1955

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Theodor Otto Richard Plievier (Plivier, until 1933) (12 February 1892, Berlin – 12 March 1955, Avegno, Switzerland) was a German writer best known for his 1948 anti-war novel Stalingrad. During World War I, he served on the SMS Wolf. After the war, he released his first novel, Des Kaisers Kulis (The Kaiser's Coolies), about his experiences on board the ship. It would later be adapted into a stageplay, and was banned after the Nazi Machtergreifung. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Plievier is the 5,025th most popular writer (down from 4,073rd in 2019), the 4,749th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,051st in 2019) and the 298th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Theodor Plievier ranks 5,025 out of 7,302. Before him are Manuel Bandeira, Albert Samain, Thaddeus Bulgarin, Louella Parsons, Frank Norris, and Joseph Meyer. After him are Dante Spinotti, Margaret Mazzantini, Henry of Huntingdon, Oskar Pastior, Hervé Guibert, and Robert Hugh Benson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Theodor Plievier ranks 243. Before him are Wendell Willkie, Ōten Shimokawa, Leon Kozłowski, Julia Faye, Gregory La Cava, and Hal Foster. After him are P. C. Chang, Peggy Wood, Harry Mallin, Alfredo Foglino, Mykhaylo Semenko, and Al St. John. Among people deceased in 1955, Theodor Plievier ranks 138. Before him are Saadat Hasan Manto, Nick Winter, Clemente Biondetti, Manny Ayulo, José Antonio Remón Cantera, and Charley Toorop. After him are Honus Wagner, Luís de Freitas Branco, James P. Johnson, David Carstens, Dimitrios Maximos, and André Rischmann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Plievier ranks 4,752 out of 7,253. Before him are Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912), Georg Kulenkampff (1898), Claudia Roth (1955), Joseph Meyer (1796), Theodor Fischer (1862), and Ulrike Meyfarth (1956). After him are Paul Weinstein (1878), Hildegard Falck (1949), David Garrett (1980), Petra Felke (1959), Mirjam Pressler (1940), and Willi Giesemann (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Theodor Plievier ranks 298. Before him are Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Adolf Brand (1874), Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), Fritz von Unruh (1885), Hans Werner Richter (1908), and Joseph Meyer (1796). After him are Mirjam Pressler (1940), Botho Strauß (1944), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), Walter Kempowski (1929), Hermann Kant (1926), and Johann Gottfried Seume (1763).

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