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Cecil Bødker

1927 - 2020

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Cecil Bødker (27 March 1927 – 19 April 2020) was a Danish writer and poet, most known for young adult fiction books about the character "Silas". For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cecil Bødker is the 3,156th most popular writer (up from 3,303rd in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 331st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cecil Bødker ranks 3,156 out of 7,302. Before her are D. R. Bendre, Dámaso Alonso, Itzhak Katzenelson, Ahmad Javad, William Congreve, and Mikhail Kuzmin. After her are Theodore Balsamon, Kerstin Ekman, Curt von Bardeleben, Juan Marsé, Malak Hifni Nasif, and Péter Szondi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Cecil Bødker ranks 201. Before her are Jack Cassidy, Bernard Fox, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Josy Barthel, Mirtha Legrand, and Henning Carlsen. After her are Paul Volcker, Marianne Fredriksson, Josep Maria Subirachs, Hans Bauer, Tom Bosley, and Alma Adamkienė. Among people deceased in 2020, Cecil Bødker ranks 261. Before her are Nina Bocharova, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Jörn Donner, Daria Nicolodi, Vyacheslav Kebich, and Ray Clemence. After her are Juan Marsé, Milton Glaser, Ronald Harwood, Sonja Edström, Irena Veisaitė, and Corine Rottschäfer.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Cecil Bødker ranks 308 out of 1,032. Before her are H. C. Hansen (1906), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244), Johannes Ewald (1743), Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910), and Henning Carlsen (1927). After her are Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860), Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811), Viggo Johansen (1851), Carl Christian Hall (1812), Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916), and Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1792).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Cecil Bødker ranks 26. Before her are Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), Kjeld Abell (1901), Peter Høeg (1957), Kaj Munk (1898), and Johannes Ewald (1743). After her are Holger Drachmann (1846), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Jens Baggesen (1764), Karin Michaëlis (1872), Torben Ulrich (1928), and Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758).

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