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Aksel Sandemose

1899 - 1965

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Aksel Sandemose (originally Axel Nielsen; 19 March 1899 – 6 August 1965) was a Danish-Norwegian writer whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society lead to violence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aksel Sandemose is the 1,540th most popular writer (down from 1,502nd in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 166th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Danish Writer.

Aksel Sandemose is most famous for his novel, A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks, which is about a man who is born into a society that does not understand him.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aksel Sandemose ranks 1,540 out of 7,302. Before him are Mukhtar Auezov, Karin Boye, Korney Chukovsky, Henri de Régnier, Edmond François Valentin About, and Kate Atkinson. After him are Guido Adler, Seamus Heaney, Marianne Weber, Hipponax, Sabino Arana, and Manuel Puig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Aksel Sandemose ranks 74. Before him are Frances Yates, Artur da Costa e Silva, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Franz Jonas, John Christie, and Zaki al-Arsuzi. After him are Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Hans Jeschonnek, Fritz Bayerlein, Hayato Ikeda, Marcel Achard, and Raoul Salan. Among people deceased in 1965, Aksel Sandemose ranks 45. Before him are Hans Knappertsbusch, Adolf Schärf, Sālote Tupou III, Bernard Baruch, Carl Oberg, and Frederick Browning. After him are Mehdi Ben Barka, Lauri Törni, Chen Cheng, Carl Værnet, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, and Hayato Ikeda.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Aksel Sandemose ranks 170 out of 1,032. Before him are Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Gabriel Axel (1918), Verner Panton (1926), Anne Sophie Reventlow (1693), Gudfred (800), and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814). After him are Jens Juel (1745), Asger Jorn (1914), Richeza of Denmark (1174), Icel of Mercia (501), Carl Værnet (1893), and Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Aksel Sandemose ranks 16. Before him are Georg Brandes (1842), Sven Hassel (1917), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), and Jeppe Aakjær (1866). After him are Ole Nydahl (1941), Jens Fink-Jensen (1956), Inger Christensen (1935), Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), and Kjeld Abell (1901).

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