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Christian Matras

1900 - 1988

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Christian Matras (7 December 1900 – 16 October 1988) was a Faroese poet and academic. He was the founding professor of the University of the Faroe Islands. He is one of the most important poets in Faroese literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Matras is the 4,640th most popular writer (up from 5,201st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Faroe Islands (up from 7th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christian Matras ranks 4,640 out of 7,302Before him are Jaroslav Pelikan, Thomas Nashe, Elizabeth Goudge, Ramón J. Sender, Guillaume Musso, and Alexander Volkov. After him are Isaac Watts, Urs Widmer, Levon Shant, Pierre Mac Orlan, A. Merritt, and Sahar Khalifeh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Christian Matras ranks 224Before him are Natalio Perinetti, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Mildred Gillars, Marie Bell, Elizabeth Goudge, and Mikhail Tikhonravov. After him are Clarence Pinkston, Itzik Feffer, Alice Neel, César Espinoza, Mikhail Lavrentyev, and Émile Mercier. Among people deceased in 1988, Christian Matras ranks 174Before him are Anatoly Levchenko, Mildred Gillars, Margaret Mee, Jenő Vincze, Aleksei Losev, and Rudolf Gramlich. After him are Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Patrick Steptoe, Anatoli Maslyonkin, Kurt Raab, Nando González, and I. A. L. Diamond.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, Christian Matras ranks 6 out of 27Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860), William Heinesen (1900), Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), and Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951). After him are Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983), Rói Patursson (1947), and Aksel V. Johannesen (1972).

Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

Among writers born in Faroe Islands, Christian Matras ranks 4Before him are William Heinesen (1900), Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), and Símun av Skarði (1872). After him are Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Rói Patursson (1947), and Jakob Jakobsen (1864).