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Amalie Skram

1846 - 1905

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Amalie Skram (22 August 1846 – 15 March 1905) was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. In Norway, she is frequently considered the most important female writer of the Modern Breakthrough (Det moderne gjennombrudd). Her more notable works include a tetralogy, Hellemyrsfolket (1887–98) which portray relations within a family over four generations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amalie Skram is the 2,747th most popular writer (down from 2,666th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Norway (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amalie Skram ranks 2,747 out of 7,302. Before her are J. B. Priestley, Donald E. Westlake, Marcellus of Ancyra, Shūji Terayama, Charles-Louis Philippe, and Bernardo Dovizi. After her are Arno Schmidt, Kaj Munk, Charles-Louis Havas, Richard Wurmbrand, Morris West, and Marie Belloc Lowndes.

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Among people born in 1846, Amalie Skram ranks 53. Before her are Jambyl Jabayev, Basil III of Constantinople, Louis Billot, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Nikolai Yaroshenko, and Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After her are Julius Maggi, Joseph B. Foraker, Lars Magnus Ericsson, Albert Apponyi, Luigi Denza, and Carlos Pellegrini. Among people deceased in 1905, Amalie Skram ranks 46. Before her are José-Maria de Heredia, George Williams, Franz Reuleaux, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Julius Oppert, and Franz Overbeck. After her are Mary Mapes Dodge, Jean-Jacques Henner, Máximo Gómez, Henry Irving, Siegfried Bing, and Robert Whitehead.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Amalie Skram ranks 184 out of 1,039. Before her are Kjell Askildsen (1929), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Dagny Juel (1867), Kristofer Hivju (1978), Thekla Resvoll (1871), and Oscar Wisting (1871). After her are Henrik Steffens (1773), Sigurd Slembe (1100), Per Petterson (1952), Berit Mørdre (1940), Arnfinn Bergmann (1928), and Magnar Solberg (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Amalie Skram ranks 31. Before her are Petter Dass (1647), Karin Fossum (1954), Margit Sandemo (1924), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), and Dagny Juel (1867). After her are Per Petterson (1952), Knud Knudsen (1812), Hans Aanrud (1863), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), and Sigurd Hoel (1890).

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