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Werner Bergengruen

1892 - 1964

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Werner Bergengruen (September 16, 1892 – September 4, 1964) was a Baltic German novelist and poet. His best known works include the 1935 novel A Matter of Conscience and the 1939 short story collection Death from Reval. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Werner Bergengruen is the 4,583rd most popular writer (up from 4,821st in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Latvia and the 19th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among writers, Werner Bergengruen ranks 4,583 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Michon, Louise Otto-Peters, Scholastique Mukasonga, Aleksei Arbuzov, Julia Ward Howe, and Paul Déroulède. After him are Yun Seondo, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Bruno Frank, Vincenzo Monti, John D. MacDonald, and Leszek Engelking.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Werner Bergengruen ranks 228. Before him are Valerio Arri, Grigory Shajn, Anders Larsson, Yuen Ren Chao, Noël Roquevert, and Lauge Koch. After him are Mykola Kulish, Eddie Cantor, Henry Macintosh, Mississippi John Hurt, Graciliano Ramos, and Seiichiro Kashio. Among people deceased in 1964, Werner Bergengruen ranks 139. Before him are Brendan Behan, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Theodore Freeman, Agnes Miegel, Erik Malmberg, and Lauge Koch. After him are Luis Batlle Berres, Giuseppe Amato, Albina Osipowich, Jim Reeves, Eddie Cantor, and Clive Bell.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Werner Bergengruen ranks 140 out of 323. Before him are Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Vitas (1979), Indra Devi (1899), Heinz Erhardt (1909), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), and Laima Vaikule (1954). After him are Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Eliyahu Rips (1948), Marija Naumova (1973), Aleksandr Kaleri (1956), and Eduard Tisse (1897).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Werner Bergengruen ranks 19. Before him are Garlieb Merkel (1769), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Anna Brigadere (1861), Astrid Ivask (1926), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), and Aleksandrs Čaks (1901). After him are Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Erik Hornung (1933), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Regīna Ezera (1930), and Imants Ziedonis (1933).

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