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Wieland Wagner

1917 - 1966

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Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, and grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the musical stage works, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the 19th-century models. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wieland Wagner is the 2,328th most popular writer (down from 2,296th in 2019), the 2,512th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,426th in 2019) and the 154th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wieland Wagner ranks 2,328 out of 7,302. Before him are Sakya Pandita, Andrey Kurbsky, Johann Peter Hebel, Cornell Woolrich, Bella Rosenfeld, and Vasyl Sukhomlynsky. After him are Suman Pokhrel, Aharon Appelfeld, Posidippus, Afanasy Fet, Maciej Stryjkowski, and Vasko Popa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Wieland Wagner ranks 127. Before him are Erich Rudorffer, Paul Frère, Petar Brzica, Fulbert Youlou, Maya Deren, and Mak Dizdar. After him are Yakov Pavlov, Henri Salvador, Asima Chatterjee, Samael Aun Weor, Shams Pahlavi, and Vasily Petrov. Among people deceased in 1966, Wieland Wagner ranks 84. Before him are Väinö Tanner, Bud Powell, Robert Rossen, Homi J. Bhabha, Boris Podolsky, and Camilo Torres Restrepo. After him are Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Georges Theunis, Albert W. Hull, Alfred Neuland, Heimito von Doderer, and Frank Lentini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wieland Wagner ranks 2,513 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Martin Sandberger (1911), and Marianne Sägebrecht (1945). After him are Adalbert of Hamburg (1000), Marco Reus (1989), Heinrich Bär (1913), Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1592), Klaus Wolfermann (1946), and Heinrich Kiepert (1818).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wieland Wagner ranks 154. Before him are Uri Avnery (1923), Fred Uhlman (1901), Sebastian Haffner (1907), Jurij Brězan (1916), Berthold Auerbach (1812), and Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715). After him are Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), Karl Gutzkow (1811), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Caesarius of Heisterbach (1180), and Rolf Hochhuth (1931).

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