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Urs Widmer

1938 - 2014

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Urs Widmer (21 May 1938 – 2 April 2014) was a Swiss novelist, playwright, an essayist, and a short story writer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urs Widmer is the 4,642nd most popular writer (up from 5,122nd in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 533rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Urs Widmer ranks 4,642 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth Goudge, Ramón J. Sender, Guillaume Musso, Alexander Volkov, Christian Matras, and Isaac Watts. After him are Levon Shant, Pierre Mac Orlan, A. Merritt, Sahar Khalifeh, Nathanael West, and Géza Csáth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Urs Widmer ranks 384. Before him are Prince Buster, Bennie Muller, Tura Satana, Giorgia Moll, Ron Ely, and Hudson Austin. After him are Viktor Zhdanovich, Huang Ju, Angelo Damiano, Bhalchandra Nemade, Luciano Federici, and Luiz of Orléans-Braganza. Among people deceased in 2014, Urs Widmer ranks 308. Before him are James Shigeta, Gordon Willis, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Dave Legeno, William Guarnere, and Helen Johns. After him are Zbigniew Messner, Leonid Stadnyk, Gordon Tullock, Licia Albanese, Stefan Bozhkov, and Milan Horvat.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Urs Widmer ranks 495 out of 1,015. Before him are Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724), Paul Niggli (1888), Florian Cajori (1859), Patrick Juvet (1950), Walther von Wartburg (1888), and Johann David Wyss (1743). After him are René Bader (1922), Georges de Rham (1903), Nicolas Fuss (1755), Aurelio Galfetti (1936), Numa Droz (1844), and Carlo Clerici (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Urs Widmer ranks 44. Before him are Ella Maillart (1903), Edmond Privat (1889), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Robert Pinget (1919), and Johann David Wyss (1743). After him are Martin Suter (1948), Adolf Muschg (1934), Béatrix Beck (1914), Joël Dicker (1985), Alain de Botton (1969), and Jacques Chessex (1934).

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