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Artur Lundkvist

1906 - 1991

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Nils Artur Lundkvist (3 March 1906 – 11 December 1991) was a Swedish writer, poet and literary critic. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1968. Artur Lundkvist published around 80 books, including poetry, prose poems, essays, short stories, novels and travel books, and his works have been translated into some 30 languages. He is also noted for having translated many works from Spanish and French into Swedish. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artur Lundkvist is the 2,647th most popular writer (up from 2,705th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 384th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among writers, Artur Lundkvist ranks 2,647 out of 7,302. Before him are Rahman Baba, Andy Weir, Frigyes Karinthy, Petar Preradović, John of Ephesus, and Antimachus. After him are Henri Desgrange, Ernst Weiss, Marcel Prévost, S. S. Van Dine, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, and Terry Brooks.

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Among people born in 1906, Artur Lundkvist ranks 145. Before him are Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward Ochab, José Della Torre, Vitaly Abalakov, Jim Thompson, and Jim Bausch. After him are Andrei Kirilenko, Betti Alver, Francisco Ayala, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Alec Issigonis, and William Joyce. Among people deceased in 1991, Artur Lundkvist ranks 98. Before him are Yasushi Inoue, Schubert Gambetta, Mikheil Meskhi, Gino Colaussi, Richard Thorpe, and Carmine Coppola. After him are Giacomo Manzù, Otl Aicher, Zino Francescatti, Franco Maria Malfatti, Mario Scelba, and Jack Crawford.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Artur Lundkvist ranks 398 out of 1,879. Before him are Anita Björk (1923), Ernst Alexanderson (1878), Ivar Kreuger (1880), Mai Zetterling (1925), Noomi Rapace (1979), and Monica Zetterlund (1937). After him are Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629), Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (1549), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Stefan Persson (1947), Johan David Åkerblad (1763), and Sven Rydell (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Artur Lundkvist ranks 29. Before him are Håkan Nesser (1950), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Ulf Stark (1944), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), and Viveca Sten (1959). After him are Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), Jonas Jonasson (1961), Lars Norén (1944), Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), and Gunilla Bergström (1942).

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