WRITER

Ursula Kuczynski

1907 - 2000

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Ursula Kuczynski (15 May 1907 – 7 July 2000), also known as Ruth Werner, Ursula Beurton and Ursula Hamburger, was a German Communist activist who spied for the Soviet Union during the 1930s and 1940s, most famously as the handler of nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs. She moved to East Germany in 1950 when Fuchs was unmasked, and published a series of books related to her espionage activities, including her bestselling autobiography, Sonjas Rapport. Sources concerned with her espionage work in the 1930s/40s sometimes use the cover name originally suggested to her in Shanghai by her fellow intelligence operative and lover Richard Sorge: "Sonja", "Sonja Schultz" or, after she moved to Britain, "Sonya". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ursula Kuczynski is the 3,131st most popular writer (down from 2,489th in 2019), the 3,292nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,646th in 2019) and the 204th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ursula Kuczynski ranks 3,131 out of 7,302. Before her are Joseph Delaney, Morgan Robertson, László Polgár, Andrea Dworkin, José Lezama Lima, and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria. After her are Brian Herbert, Leone Ginzburg, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Robert Ressler, Jefimija, and Johannes Ewald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ursula Kuczynski ranks 174. Before her are Annabella, Rosalind Russell, Raymond Braine, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Roman Rudenko, and Mariam Aslamazian. After her are Phil Edwards, Gunnar Ekelöf, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, István Bárány, Miguel Torga, and Sergei Shtemenko. Among people deceased in 2000, Ursula Kuczynski ranks 135. Before her are Claire Trevor, Spyros Markezinis, Adelaida Avagyan, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Abdul Haris Nasution, and Alfred Schwarzmann. After her are Edward Gorey, Ferenc Farkas, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Anton Heida, Karen Hoff, and Johannes Virolainen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ursula Kuczynski ranks 3,294 out of 7,253. Before her are Enno III, Count of East Frisia (1563), Arnold Fanck (1889), Sibylle of Saxony (1515), Hermann Conring (1606), Hans Freudenthal (1905), and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826). After her are Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1420), Max Dehn (1878), Eduard August von Regel (1815), Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony (1893), Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1796), and Georg Curtius (1820).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ursula Kuczynski ranks 204. Before her are Friedrich Wolf (1888), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), Johann Heinrich Voss (1751), Günter Wallraff (1942), Lily Braun (1865), and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826). After her are Walter Hasenclever (1890), Curt von Bardeleben (1861), Alfred Andersch (1914), Janosch (1931), Theodor Körner (1791), and Sophie von La Roche (1730).

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