WRITER

Arne Garborg

1851 - 1924

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Arne Garborg (born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg) (25 January 1851 – 14 January 1924) was a Norwegian writer. Garborg championed the use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk, or New Norwegian), as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it. He founded the weekly Fedraheimen in 1877, in which he urged reforms in many spheres including political, social, religious, agrarian, and linguistic. He was married to Hulda Garborg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arne Garborg is the 1,738th most popular writer (down from 1,178th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Norway (down from 61st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among writers, Arne Garborg ranks 1,738 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Lear, Caterina Albert, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Johnston McCulley, and Marcellinus Comes. After him are Jack Vance, Yosano Akiko, Xu Shen, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Josep Pla, and Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac.

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Among people born in 1851, Arne Garborg ranks 26. Before him are Jacobus Kapteyn, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Bernardino Machado, Torakusu Yamaha, Charles Dupuy, and Guillaume Bigourdan. After him are Alexander, Prince of Orange, Charles Dow, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Oliver Lodge, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Jonas Basanavičius. Among people deceased in 1924, Arne Garborg ranks 36. Before him are G. Stanley Hall, Helge von Koch, Lyubov Popova, Fernand Cormon, Ziya Gökalp, and Franz von Bayros. After him are Théodore Dubois, Valery Bryusov, Jacques de Morgan, Roland Bonaparte, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, and Aleksa Šantić.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Arne Garborg ranks 112 out of 1,039. Before him are Johan Nygaardsvold (1879), May-Britt Moser (1963), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971). After him are Arne Næss (1912), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Ole Bull (1810), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), and Ole-Johan Dahl (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Arne Garborg ranks 18. Before him are Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Dag Solstad (1941), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Jørgen Moe (1813), and Herbjørg Wassmo (1942). After him are Trygve Gulbranssen (1894), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), Camilla Collett (1813), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Anne Holt (1958), and Lars Saabye Christensen (1953).

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