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Cora Sandel

1880 - 1974

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Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius (20 December 1880 – 3 April 1974), better known by her pen name Cora Sandel, was a Norwegian writer and painter who lived most of her adult life abroad. Her best-known works are the novels now known as the Alberta Trilogy. In 1961, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by the Norwegian philosopher Harald Ofstad. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cora Sandel is the 4,360th most popular writer (down from 4,005th in 2019). (down from 3,338th in 2019)

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Among writers, Cora Sandel ranks 4,360 out of 7,302Before her are I. A. Richards, Maurice Genevoix, Steen Steensen Blicher, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Louise Penny, and Gabriello Chiabrera. After her are Jan Myrdal, Guðbergur Bergsson, Margit Kaffka, Pierre Emmanuel, Nicolas Bouvier, and Francisco Umbral.

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Among people born in 1880, Cora Sandel ranks 157Before her are Carl Skottsberg, Harry Baur, Agha Petros, Radclyffe Hall, Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, and Fred Alexander. After her are Margit Kaffka, Ernest Oppenheimer, Johan Jarlén, Jesse L. Lasky, Francis de Miomandre, and Ramón Pérez de Ayala. Among people deceased in 1974, Cora Sandel ranks 162Before her are Dušan Marković, Fernand de Montigny, Wolfgang Windgassen, Glenn Morris, Gheorghe Albu, and Lily Kronberger. After her are Kick Smit, Élie Lescot, Harry Partch, Zaharia Stancu, Betty Compson, and Erskine Hamilton Childers.

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