WRITER

Walter Kempowski

1929 - 2007

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Walter Kempowski (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ kɛmˈpɔfskiː] ; 29 April 1929 – 5 October 2007) was a German writer. Kempowski was known for his series of novels called German Chronicle ("Deutsche Chronik") and the monumental Echolot ("Sonar"), a collage of autobiographical reports, letters and other documents by contemporary witnesses of the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Kempowski is the 5,060th most popular writer (down from 3,790th in 2019), the 4,776th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,819th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Kempowski ranks 5,060 out of 7,302Before him are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Yuriy Fedkovych, Jeffrey Eugenides, George Călinescu, and Han Yong-un. After him are Margery Allingham, Roland Dorgelès, John Gardner, Mary Stewart, Daína Chaviano, and Sarah Kane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Walter Kempowski ranks 389Before him are Villy Sørensen, Omar Borrás, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, Giacomo Capuzzi, Ottó Boros, and Béla Kárpáti. After him are Bonnie Bartlett, István Rózsavölgyi, Kazimir Hnatow, Francis Bebey, Manfred Kaiser, and Pedro Nájera. Among people deceased in 2007, Walter Kempowski ranks 284Before him are Iwao Takamoto, Eva Crane, Atilio Cremaschi, Kei Kumai, Pedro Cubilla, and Kerwin Mathews. After him are Florea Dumitrache, Hans Sturm, Tony Scott, Ernesto Alonso, Bert Bolin, and Srđan Mrkušić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Kempowski ranks 4,779 out of 7,253Before him are Friedrich von Scholtz (1851), Moritz Bleibtreu (1971), Tilo Prückner (1940), Christian Lindner (1979), Melchior von Diepenbrock (1798), and Sabine Meyer (1959). After him are Jamal Musiala (2003), Helene Lange (1848), Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835), Horst Stein (1928), Louis Wirth (1897), and Gerhard von Rad (1901).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Walter Kempowski ranks 302Before him are Hans Werner Richter (1908), Joseph Meyer (1796), Theodor Plievier (1892), Mirjam Pressler (1940), Botho Strauß (1944), and Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815). After him are Hermann Kant (1926), Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Wolf Erlbruch (1948), Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948), and Wilhelm Geiger (1856).