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Uwe Johnson

1934 - 1984

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Uwe Johnson (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈjoːnzɔn] ; 20 July 1934 – 22 February 1984) was a German writer, editor, and scholar. Such prominent writers and scholars as Günter Grass and Hans Mayer declared Johnson to be the most significant writer to emerge from East Germany. During the 1950s, he had troubles with the East German authorities, being treated as a "dissident" both for political reasons and for Modernist experiments in his works which made him opposed to the dominant doctrine of Socialist realism; after moving to West Berlin in 1959, he gained the label of "the author of the two Germanies", as, while criticizing East Germany as the state which betrayed the Socialist ideals, he did not regard West Germany as a viable alternative and opposed the division of Germany in general. His works were dedicated both to East and West German societies and examined the relations between them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Uwe Johnson is the 3,342nd most popular writer (down from 3,162nd in 2019), the 721st most popular biography from Poland (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 77th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Uwe Johnson ranks 3,342 out of 7,302. Before him are Ango Sakaguchi, Nigâr Hanım, Filip Višnjić, Barbara Frischmuth, Oswald de Andrade, and Agniya Barto. After him are Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, Nathan Alterman, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Russell T Davies, and Kafū Nagai.

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Among people born in 1934, Uwe Johnson ranks 235. Before him are Ilaria Occhini, Julio Jiménez, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Paco Ibáñez, Alasdair Gray, and Zequinha. After him are Rico Rodriguez, Frank País, Paul Josef Cordes, Del Shannon, Darlene Conley, and Carlos Amigo Vallejo. Among people deceased in 1984, Uwe Johnson ranks 126. Before him are Big Mama Thornton, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Walter Pidgeon, Ken Armstrong, Fazıl Küçük, and Blagoje Marjanović. After him are Louis Lansana Beavogui, Viktor Chukarin, John Marley, Valery Voronin, Ciriaco Errasti, and Lillian Hellman.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Uwe Johnson ranks 721 out of 1,694. Before him are Samuel Eilenberg (1913), Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), Leo Baeck (1873), Ernst Degner (1931), Salomėja Nėris (1904), and Aleksander Kakowski (1862). After him are Nathan Alterman (1910), Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808), Wilhelm Fliess (1858), Günther Pancke (1899), Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718), and Władysław Odonic (1190).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Uwe Johnson ranks 77. Before him are Maria Wirtemberska (1768), Ernst Wiechert (1887), Rutka Laskier (1929), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Bernhard Grzimek (1909), and Salomėja Nėris (1904). After him are Nathan Alterman (1910), Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), Hermann Rauschning (1887), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), and Anna Langfus (1920).

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