WRITER

Vicki Baum

1888 - 1960

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Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel Menschen im Hotel ('People at a Hotel', 1929 — published in English as Grand Hotel), one of her first international successes. It was made into a 1932 film and a 1989 Broadway musical. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vicki Baum is the 1,598th most popular writer (down from 1,464th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Austria (down from 352nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vicki Baum ranks 1,598 out of 7,302. Before her are Martin of Opava, Caroline Graham, Dick Bruna, Akka Mahadevi, Pacuvius, and Mary Berry. After her are Konstantin Simonov, A. B. Yehoshua, Don DeLillo, Mustafa Balel, John Mandeville, and Christian Morgenstern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Vicki Baum ranks 69. Before her are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Antonio Sant'Elia, Harald Sverdrup, Clara Campoamor, Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, and Werner Jaeger. After her are Prince Oskar of Prussia, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Valerian Kuybyshev, Jan Syrový, and Hans von Salmuth. Among people deceased in 1960, Vicki Baum ranks 53. Before her are Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Norodom Suramarit, Hashim al-Atassi, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Paul Abraham, and Aly Khan. After her are Jussi Björling, Yan Xishan, Eddie Cochran, Maurice de Broglie, José Antonio Aguirre, and Abram Ioffe.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Vicki Baum ranks 381 out of 1,424. Before her are Franz Sacher (1816), Alois Hudal (1885), Otto Gross (1877), Helene Weigel (1900), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), and Johannes Schober (1874). After her are Willi Boskovsky (1909), Otto Barić (1933), Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918), Carola of Vasa (1833), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), and Alois Riegl (1858).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Vicki Baum ranks 29. Before her are Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Peter Altenberg (1859), Joseph Mohr (1792), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), and Hermann Bahr (1863). After her are Marlen Haushofer (1920), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Gitta Sereny (1921), Johann Nestroy (1801), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), and Eva Schloss (1929).

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