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August Ahlqvist

1826 - 1889

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Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist, who wrote as A. Oksanen (7 August 1826 – 20 November 1889), was a Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic. He is best remembered as the sharpest critic of writer Aleksis Kivi, who later rose to the position of the national author of Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Ahlqvist is the 4,107th most popular writer (up from 4,263rd in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Finland (down from 221st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Ahlqvist ranks 4,107 out of 7,302. Before him are Tsubouchi Shōyō, Simon Vestdijk, Johannes Linnankoski, Judith Gautier, Misuzu Kaneko, and Iraj Mirza. After him are Pashko Vasa, Moritz Steinschneider, Sven Lindqvist, Mikayel Nalbandian, Antun Gustav Matoš, and Giovanni Arpino.

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Among people born in 1826, August Ahlqvist ranks 48. Before him are Charles Barbier de Meynard, Romuald Traugutt, Johann Köler, Lea Ahlborn, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, and Mohamed Sherif Pasha. After him are Adile Sultan, Mariano Ignacio Prado, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Domenico Morelli, Silvestro Lega, and Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. Among people deceased in 1889, August Ahlqvist ranks 65. Before him are José Joaquín Pérez, Ivan Larionov, Ignatz Kolisch, Gustav Lange, Domingo Santa María, and Laura Bridgman. After him are Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Josip Filipović, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Sergey Botkin, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Michele Amari.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, August Ahlqvist ranks 224 out of 751. Before him are Armas Toivonen (1899), Kalevi Aho (1949), Arvo Aaltonen (1892), Arvo Askola (1909), Johannes Linnankoski (1869), and Fanny Churberg (1845). After him are Magnus Lindberg (1958), Helena Westermarck (1857), Maria Wiik (1853), Harald Öhquist (1891), Rafael Erich (1879), and Väinö Kokkinen (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, August Ahlqvist ranks 19. Before him are Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Bo Carpelan (1926), Pentti Linkola (1932), Paavo Haavikko (1931), and Johannes Linnankoski (1869). After him are Sofi Oksanen (1977), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), and Rosa Liksom (1958).

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