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Walter Abish

1931 - 2022

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Walter Abish (December 24, 1931 – May 28, 2022) was an Austrian-born American author of experimental novels and short stories. He was conferred the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 1981 and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship six years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Abish is the 5,641st most popular writer (up from 5,906th in 2019), the 984th most popular biography from Austria (up from 1,000th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Abish ranks 5,641 out of 7,302. Before him are Ellen Niit, John Braine, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, Ahmet Haşim, Ann Cleeves, and Ring Lardner. After him are Elinor Glyn, Jorge de Sena, Ted Chiang, Ibrahim Kuni, Robert J. Sawyer, and Marie Kondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Walter Abish ranks 490. Before him are Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Norman, Jerrie Cobb, Della Reese, Zaur Kaloev, and Gianuario Carta. After him are Ferry Graf, Robert Morse, Greg, Stanislav Lusk, Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, and Heinz Fütterer. Among people deceased in 2022, Walter Abish ranks 492. Before him are Pietro Citati, Henry Lincoln, Horacio Accavallo, Janusz Kupcewicz, Wilson Kiprugut, and Miodrag Ješić. After him are Takeoff, Robert Morse, Margot Eskens, Clu Gulager, Yuri Shatunov, and Ezekiel Alebua.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Walter Abish ranks 984 out of 1,424. Before him are Manfred Schmid (1944), Otto Leodolter (1936), Norbert Hofer (1971), Leopold Wohlrab (1912), Franz Gabl (1921), and Max Stiepl (1914). After him are Ferry Graf (1931), Josef Kloimstein (1929), Dominic Thiem (1993), Josef Stiegler (1937), Ernst Hinterseer (1932), and Ferdinand Kiefler (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Walter Abish ranks 72. Before him are Ruth Klüger (1931), Rosa Mayreder (1858), Ferdinand von Saar (1833), Eva Ibbotson (1925), André Heller (1947), and Robert Menasse (1954). After him are Thomas Brezina (1963), Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872), Christoph Ransmayr (1954), Gerhard Roth (1942), Wolf Haas (1960), and Maja Haderlap (1961).

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