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Benny Andersen

1929 - 2018

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Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018) was a Danish poet, author, songwriter, composer and pianist. He is often remembered for his collaboration with the singer Povl Dissing; together they released an album with Andersen's poems from the collection Svantes viser. This album and Andersen's book "Svantes viser" (Svante's Songs) from 1972 were included by the Danish Ministry of Culture in the Danish Culture Canon in 2006, in the category "Popular music". Andersen's "Samlede digte" (Collected poems) have sold more than 100,000 copies in Denmark. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benny Andersen is the 5,991st most popular writer (down from 5,943rd in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among writers, Benny Andersen ranks 5,991 out of 7,302. Before him are Dan Houser, Antonia Fraser, Guus Kuijer, Leon Kruczkowski, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, and Jenna Bush Hager. After him are Christian Kracht, Fareed Zakaria, György Bessenyei, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Nella Larsen, and Howard Ashman.

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Among people born in 1929, Benny Andersen ranks 493. Before him are Hal Blaine, Henry Proctor, Richard Rush, Józef Zapędzki, Jerzy Antczak, and Mir Hazar Khan Khoso. After him are Ralph McQuarrie, Desmond Hoyte, Gheorghe Fiat, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Jean-Denis Bredin, and Branko Grünbaum. Among people deceased in 2018, Benny Andersen ranks 475. Before him are Nikolai Pankin, Antonio Munguía, Carlo Vanzina, John Perry Barlow, Geoffrey Oryema, and Douglas Rain. After him are Peter Sutherland, Momoko Sakura, Luisa Cuesta, Hugh Wilson, Naftali Bon, and Thomas Bopp.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Benny Andersen ranks 612 out of 1,032. Before him are John Jensen (1965), Ole Qvist (1950), Agnes Obel (1980), Bjørn Rasmussen (1885), Bjarke Ingels (1974), and Karl Dane (1886). After him are Ole Bornedal (1959), Carsten Jensen (1952), Flemming Jørgensen (1947), Bodil Jørgensen (1961), Michael Krohn-Dehli (1983), and John Hansen (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Benny Andersen ranks 47. Before him are Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940), Villy Sørensen (1929), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Lise Nørgaard (1917), Hans Christian Branner (1903), and Peer Hultberg (1935). After him are Carsten Jensen (1952), Pia Tafdrup (1952), Sherin Khankan (1974), Sandi Toksvig (1958), and Yahya Hassan (1995).

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