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Cornelis Vreeswijk

1937 - 1987

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Cornelis Vreeswijk (8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch singer-songwriter and poet who lived and worked primarily in Sweden. Born to Dutch parents in IJmuiden, Netherlands, he emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was educated as a social worker and hoped to become a journalist, but became increasingly involved in music, performing at events for students with idiosyncratic humor and social engagement. Though Vreeswijk never acquired Swedish citizenship, he is regarded as one of Sweden’s most influential troubadours, and has been described as something of a national poet, often compared to Evert Taube and Carl Michael Bellman for his poetic lyrics and social commentary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelis Vreeswijk is the 2,627th most popular writer (up from 3,106th in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 506th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among writers, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 2,627 out of 7,302. Before him are Alphonse Matejka, Ryōkan, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Bharavi, Jim Thompson, and Rose Ausländer. After him are Vladimir Stasov, Martin Walser, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sylvain Maréchal, Seymour Hersh, and Alexander Kazbegi.

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Among people born in 1937, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 179. Before him are Harris Yulin, Barbara Jones, Mikheil Meskhi, Manga, Paolo Bonacelli, and Jay Rockefeller. After him are Monica Zetterlund, Seymour Hersh, Don Bluth, Maria Teresa Horta, Valentin Bondarenko, and Giovanni Arrighi. Among people deceased in 1987, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 96. Before him are Mary Astor, Anatoli Papanov, Zeca Afonso, Alessandro Blasetti, Yves Allégret, and Clarence Brown. After him are Lorne Greene, Edgar P. Jacobs, Asim Ferhatović, Gustav Fröhlich, Donn F. Eisele, and Salim Ali.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 426 out of 1,646. Before him are Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821), Louis Couperus (1863), Lou Ottens (1926), Jan van Huysum (1682), Roche Braziliano (1630), and Theo de Jong (1947). After him are Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636), Jetty Paerl (1921), Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Jordi Cruyff (1974), Adriaen Coorte (1665), and George Hendrik Breitner (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 18. Before him are Cornelis Tromp (1629), Jacob Cats (1577), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Herman Gorter (1864), and Louis Couperus (1863). After him are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Gerard Reve (1923), Tim Krabbé (1943), Gysbert Japiks (1603), and Macropedius (1487).

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