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Wolfgang Koeppen

1906 - 1996

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Wolfgang Arthur Reinhold Koeppen (23 June 1906 – 15 March 1996) was a German novelist and one of the best known German authors of the postwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Koeppen is the 4,867th most popular writer (down from 4,787th in 2019), the 4,646th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,532nd in 2019) and the 289th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wolfgang Koeppen ranks 4,867 out of 7,302Before him are Hanif Kureishi, José Eustasio Rivera, Bedros Tourian, Terenci Moix, Henrik Nordbrandt, and Gabriel Aresti. After him are Raymond Abellio, Clare Hollingworth, Ariel Dorfman, Robert Leckie, Jim Harrison, and Suniti Kumar Chatterji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Wolfgang Koeppen ranks 303Before him are Peter Carl Goldmark, Albrecht Becker, Matvei Bronstein, Victor Hasselblad, Augustin Chantrel, and Pedro Bergés. After him are Guglielmo Segato, Paolo Pedretti, Ludwig Stubbendorf, Willy Jäggi, Branislav Sekulić, and Ferit Melen. Among people deceased in 1996, Wolfgang Koeppen ranks 229Before him are Audrey Munson, Alifa Rifaat, Karol Jokl, Adelaide Lambert, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and V. N. Janaki. After him are Morton Gould, Trần Văn Trà, Ludovico Avio, Rene Bond, Hermann Kesten, and Ottis Toole.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Koeppen ranks 4,649 out of 7,253Before him are Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1694), Inge Helten (1950), Natja Brunckhorst (1966), Annemarie Heinrich (1912), Friedrich L. Bauer (1924), and Otto Witte (1872). After him are Günther Beckstein (1943), Marcus Goldman (1821), Felix Graf von Bothmer (1852), Edgar Barth (1917), Maria Sander (1924), and Vadim Glowna (1941).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wolfgang Koeppen ranks 289Before him are Reiner Kunze (1933), Johann von Rist (1607), Heinrich Zschokke (1771), Hilde Domin (1909), Marie Hankel (1844), and Günter Kunert (1929). After him are Georg Calixtus (1586), Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Adolf Brand (1874), Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), and Fritz von Unruh (1885).