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Timur Vermes

1967 - Today

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Timur Vermes (born 1967) is a German writer. Previously a ghostwriter, his first novel Er ist wieder da, which has sold over a million copies in Germany, is a satire about Adolf Hitler and 21st-century Germany. The English version, Look Who's Back, was translated by Jamie Bulloch and published by MacLehose Press in April 2014. The paperback was released in March 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Timur Vermes is the 5,739th most popular writer (up from 5,909th in 2019), the 5,231st most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,298th in 2019) and the 335th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Timur Vermes ranks 5,739 out of 7,302. Before him are William Cullen Bryant, David Garnett, Peter Seeberg, Hanya Yanagihara, Wilhelm Genazino, and Humphrey Carpenter. After him are Dominique Bona, János Batsányi, Michael Parenti, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Raffaele La Capria, and Leena Krohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Timur Vermes ranks 286. Before him are Jhumpa Lahiri, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Claes Bang, Yukiko Okada, Gaston Browne, and Álex Pina. After him are Yoko Shimomura, José Padilha, Dana Ashbrook, Marco Giampaolo, Masami Ihara, and Melora Hardin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Timur Vermes ranks 5,234 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernd Dürnberger (1953), Joachim Winkelhock (1960), Frank Shorter (1947), Franco Foda (1966), Helmut Berthold (1911), and Wilhelm Genazino (1943). After him are Ernst Messerschmid (1945), Erich Koschik (1913), Toni Ulmen (1906), Gustav von Seyffertitz (1862), Stephan Weil (1958), and Carl Jacob Löwig (1803).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Timur Vermes ranks 335. Before him are Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), Adolf Bartels (1862), H. A. Rey (1898), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), Horst Faas (1933), and Wilhelm Genazino (1943). After him are Elke Erb (1938), Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Curt Siodmak (1902), Stefan Andres (1906), Daniel Kehlmann (1975), and Walter Moers (1957).

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