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Wolfgang Borchert

1921 - 1947

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Wolfgang Borchert (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈbɔʁçɐt]; 20 May 1921 – 20 November 1947) was a German author and playwright whose work was strongly influenced by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. His work is among the best-known examples of the Trümmerliteratur movement in post-World War II Germany. His most famous work is the drama Draußen vor der Tür (The Man Outside), which he wrote soon after the end of World War II. His works are uncompromising on the issues of humanity and humanism. He is one of the most popular authors of the German postwar period; his work continues to be studied in German schools. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Borchert is the 2,082nd most popular writer (down from 1,925th in 2019), the 2,261st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,059th in 2019) and the 135th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wolfgang Borchert ranks 2,082 out of 7,302. Before him are Oscar Milosz, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Isaac the Blind, Ibn al-Farid, Piotr Skarga, and Elsa Beskow. After him are Stanisław Przybyszewski, Pierre Plantard, Salvador de Madariaga, François Hotman, Marcus Tullius Tiro, and Waldemar Bonsels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Wolfgang Borchert ranks 131. Before him are Robert Muldoon, Arno Babajanian, Anne Golon, Arthur Grumiaux, Maurice Yaméogo, and Pierre Clostermann. After him are Branko Stanković, Jean Behra, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Alan Hale Jr., Vasco Gonçalves, and Sena Jurinac. Among people deceased in 1947, Wolfgang Borchert ranks 87. Before him are Hugh Lofting, Arthur Machen, William Moulton Marston, Annie Londonderry, Elisabeth von Gutmann, and Ian Hamilton. After him are Alice Keppel, Osami Nagano, William C. Durant, Bronisław Huberman, Constantin Sănătescu, and Attilio Ferraris.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Borchert ranks 2,262 out of 7,253. Before him are Gustav Schwab (1792), Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1817), Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722), Martin Lawrence (1965), Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1425), and Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1762). After him are Fritz Pfeffer (1889), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Christian Lorenz (1966), Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378), and Ernst Barkmann (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wolfgang Borchert ranks 135. Before him are Katia Mann (1883), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Elvira Madigan (1867), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), and Gustav Schwab (1792). After him are Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), and Erich Mühsam (1878).

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