Writers from Wrocław

The list Writers from Wrocław includes Edith Stein, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Eva Stachniak, Norbert Elias and Wolfgang Steinitz. The list consists of 105 members and 1 sublist.

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Wrocław

City in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Journalists from Wrocław
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Patrick Yoka

Television and film director

Overview: Patrick Yoka (born 1975) is a Polish television and film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on television series The Lousy World (2000–2017), Niania (2006–2007), Family.pl (2011–2020) ...

Date of birth: 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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Edith Stein

Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)

Overview: Edith Stein (religious name Teresia Benedicta a Cruce OCD; also known as St. Edith Stein or St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross; 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German Jewish philosopher who converted ...

Date of birth: 12 October 1891

Date of death: 9 August 1942

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Female

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20th-century German translators 66T

Women mystics 93T

German Jewish people who died in the Holocaust 106T
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Gienek Loska

Polish guitarist (1975–2020)

Overview: Gienek Loska or Henadzi Loska (Belarusian: Генадзій Лоска; 8 January 1975 – 10 September 2020) was a Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Byelaazyorsk in Belarus who rose to fame after winning ...

Date of birth: 8 January 1975

Date of death: 10 September 2020

Age: 45 (age at death)

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

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Polish male guitarists 39T

2020 deaths 11,737T

Belarusian emigrants to Poland 2T
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Friedrich Schleiermacher

German theologian

Overview: Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (November 21, 1768 – February 12, 1834) was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the ...

Date of birth: 21 November 1768

Date of death: 12 February 1834

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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19th-century German non-fiction writers 37T

Neo-Spinozism 14T

19th-century German male writers 701T
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Y. Michel Rabbinowicz

Overview: Y. Michel Rabbinowicz (Breslau 1892) was a rabbinic author and lecturer.

Occupation: Writer

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Eva Stachniak

Polish-Canadian novelist

Overview: Eva Stachniak (born 1952 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish-Canadian novelist.

Date of birth: 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Polish women short story writers 1T

21st-century Canadian women writers 944T

21st-century Polish novelists 41T
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Peter Lustig

German TV presenter

Overview: Peter Fritz Willi Lustig ( 27 October 1937 – 23 February 2016) was a German television presenter, voice actor and author of children's books who has become especially well known as leading actor in the ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1937

Date of death: 23 February 2016

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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ZDF people 133T

2016 deaths 9,448T

German male writers 4,579T
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C. W. H. Pauli

Convert to Anglicanism from Judaism

Overview: Zebi Nasi Hirsch Prinz (Hebrew Tzvi Nassi) in German Heinrich Prinz, and later Rev. Christian William Henry Pauli (11 August 1800, in Breslau – 4 May 1877, in Amsterdam) was a convert to Christianity ...

Date of birth: 11 August 1800

Date of death: 4 May 1877

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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German male non-fiction writers 2,538T

German male writers 4,579T

British Hebraists 30T
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Quirinus Kuhlmann

German Baroque poet and mystic (1651-1689)

Overview: Quirinus Kuhlmann (also: Culmannus, Kühlmann, Kuhlman; 26 February 1651 – 4 October 1689) was a German Baroque poet and mystic. Kuhlmann insisted upon the importance of the events of his life as confi ...

Date of birth: 1651

Date of death: 1689

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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17th-century Christian mystics 87T

German Christian mystics 15T

Protestant mystics 99T
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Jacques Rossi

Author, polyglot

Overview: Jacques Rossi (October 10, 1909, Wrocław – June 30, 2004, Paris) was a Polish-French writer and polyglot. Rossi was best known for his books on the Gulag.

Date of birth: 10 October 1909

Date of death: 30 June 2004

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century French male writers 1,582T

French male writers 4,032T

Gulag memoirs 12T
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Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau

German poet (1616–1679)

Overview: Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (baptised 25 December 1616 – 4 April 1679) was a German poet of the Baroque era.

Date of birth: 1616

Date of death: 1679

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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German male poets 532T

People from Wrocław 490T

Baroque writers 45T
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Christian Garve

German, Philosopher

Overview: Christian Garve (7 January 1742 – 1 December 1798) was one of the best-known philosophers of the late Enlightenment along with Immanuel Kant and Moses Mendelssohn.

Date of birth: 7 January 1742

Date of death: 1 December 1798

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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Businesspeople from Wrocław 14T

German male writers 4,579T

Leipzig University faculty 441T
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Gerhard Kittel

German Protestant theologian (1888-1948)

Overview: Gerhard Kittel (23 September 1888 – 11 July 1948) was a German Lutheran theologian and lexicographer of biblical languages. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazis and an open antisemite. He is known ...

Date of birth: 23 September 1888

Date of death: 11 July 1948

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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Lutheran biblical scholars 59T

20th-century Christian biblical scholars 68T

German male non-fiction writers 2,538T
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Guenter Lewy

American writer and political scientist

Overview: Guenter Lewy (born August 22, 1923) is a German-born American author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His works span ...

Date of birth: 1923

Age: 101

Nationality: American

Occupation: Historian

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Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine 166T

Mandatory Palestine military personnel of World War II 47T

21st-century American historians 1,758T
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Fritz Stern

German historian

Overview: Fritz Richard Stern (February 2, 1926 – May 18, 2016) was a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history and historiography. He was a University Professor Emeritus and a provost at ...

Date of birth: 2 February 1926

Date of death: 18 May 2016

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Male

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Columbia College (New York) alumni 1,291T

Emigrants from Nazi Germany 127T

2016 deaths 9,448T
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Michał Witkowski

Polish writer

Overview: Michał Witkowski (born 17 January 1975, in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish novelist.

Date of birth: 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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21st-century Polish male writers 30T

Polish male novelists 73T

21st-century Polish novelists 41T
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Emil Ludwig

German writer

Overview: Emil Ludwig (25 January 1881 – 17 September 1948) was a German-Swiss author, known for his biographies and study of historical "greats."

Date of birth: 25 January 1881

Date of death: 17 September 1948

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century German male writers 442T

20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 151T

Rembrandt scholars 43T
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Julius Grey

Canadian lawyer and academic

Overview: Julius H. Grey (born 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and university professor. He is particularly known for his expertise in constitutional and human rights law. He is a senior partner at the law firm Grey ...

Date of birth: 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Attorney

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Lawyers from Montreal 104T

McGill University Faculty of Law alumni 193T

Writers from Montreal 741T
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Alfred Kerr

German writer

Overview: Alfred Kerr (né Kempner; 25 December 1867 – 12 October 1948, surname: ) was an influential German theatre critic and essayist of Jewish descent, nicknamed the Kulturpapst ("Culture Pope").

Date of birth: 25 December 1867

Date of death: 12 October 1948

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Critic

Gender: Male

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Kerr family 6T

19th-century British male writers 668T

Jewish German writers 51T
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Friedrich von Mellenthin

German general

Overview: Friedrich von Mellenthin (30 August 1904 – 28 June 1997) was a German general during World War II. A participant in most of the major campaigns of the war, he became known afterwards for his memoirs Panzer ...

Date of birth: 30 August 1904

Date of death: 28 June 1997

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Military personnel from Wrocław 35T

German male non-fiction writers 2,538T

German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom 209T