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Anne-Cath. Vestly

1920 - 2008

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Anne-Cath. Vestly (February 15, 1920 – December 15, 2008) was a Norwegian author of children's literature. She is known for a wide range of books published from 1953 to 2004. Vestly was best known for her series about a grandmother (Mormor) who looked after and shared numerous adventures with a flock of eight children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne-Cath. Vestly is the 4,146th most popular writer (down from 3,997th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Norway (down from 245th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne-Cath. Vestly ranks 4,146 out of 7,302. Before her are Melissa Mathison, Jean de Brunhoff, Sonny Barger, Alexander Serafimovich, David Lagercrantz, and Reinhard Bonnke. After her are Irmgard Keun, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Masuji Ibuse, James Thurber, Juhan Smuul, and Yahya Kemal Beyatlı.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Anne-Cath. Vestly ranks 267. Before her are Hans Ørberg, Henry Eriksson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Mustafa Khalil, Bengt Ekerot, and Eugênio Sales. After her are George Herbig, Karen Khachaturian, Janet Jagan, Ross Martin, Maxi Herber, and Kenneth E. Iverson. Among people deceased in 2008, Anne-Cath. Vestly ranks 213. Before her are Olga Lepeshinskaya, Dith Pran, Badri Patarkatsishvili, Mustafa Khalil, Simon Hantaï, and Ricardo Infante. After her are Raúl Reyes, Ignazio Fabra, Võ Văn Kiệt, Fujio Akatsuka, Hidetaka Nishiyama, and Károly Németh.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Anne-Cath. Vestly ranks 274 out of 1,039. Before her are Gerhard Munthe (1849), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Gunnar Knudsen (1848), Johan Turi (1854), and Knut Knudsen (1950). After her are Paul Egede (1708), Eva Nansen (1858), Anne Stine Ingstad (1918), Egil Olsen (1942), Christopher Hansteen (1784), and Carl Størmer (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Anne-Cath. Vestly ranks 48. Before her are Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Alf Prøysen (1914), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), and Johan Turi (1854). After her are Olav Duun (1876), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Arnulf Øverland (1889), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), and Hulda Garborg (1862).

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