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Yehuda Amichai

1924 - 2000

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Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew: יהודה עמיחי; born Ludwig Pfeuffer ‎3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Yehuda Amichai, the poet of everyday life, love, and death, is the most internationally renowned Israeli poet. His 17 books have been translated into more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He was a people's poet who believed that his poetry should reflect ordinary life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yehuda Amichai is the 2,027th most popular writer (down from 1,995th in 2019), the 2,213th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,124th in 2019) and the 131st most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yehuda Amichai ranks 2,027 out of 7,302. Before him are Marko Vovchok, Jeremias Gotthelf, Philip Sidney, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, and Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. After him are Elvira Madigan, Ion of Chios, Kateb Yacine, Antun Vrančić, Aryadeva, and Magnus Felix Ennodius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Yehuda Amichai ranks 130. Before him are Motoo Kimura, Machiko Kyō, Luigi Musso, Paisios of Mount Athos, Roland Petit, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Dawda Jawara, Fess Parker, Marjorie Boulton, Friaça, E. P. Thompson, and József Zakariás. Among people deceased in 2000, Yehuda Amichai ranks 87. Before him are Baden Powell, Teruki Miyamoto, Phạm Văn Đồng, José Águas, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, and Ahmet Kaya. After him are Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Pierre Plantard, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Philippe Chatrier, Roger Peyrefitte, and Tito Puente.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Yehuda Amichai ranks 2,214 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745), Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691), William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Ulrich Mühe (1953), and Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786). After him are Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Elvira Madigan (1867), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), and Stephen the Posthumous (1236).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Yehuda Amichai ranks 131. Before him are Basil Valentine (1394), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Mina Witkojc (1893), Joachim Neander (1650), Katia Mann (1883), and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723). After him are Elvira Madigan (1867), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Gustav Schwab (1792), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), and Armin T. Wegner (1886).

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