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Edith Södergran

1892 - 1923

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Edith Irene Södergran (4 April 1892 – 24 June 1923) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. One of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature, her influences came from French Symbolism, German expressionism, and Russian futurism. At the age of 24 she released her first collection of poetry entitled Dikter ("Poems"). Södergran died at the age of 31, having contracted tuberculosis as a teenager. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Södergran is the 1,028th most popular writer (up from 1,345th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Russia (up from 483rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Edith Södergran ranks 1,028 out of 7,302. Before her are John Fowles, Gregory Skovoroda, Egeria, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Alexandra David-Néel. After her are Paulinus of Nola, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Robert van Gulik, Raymond Radiguet, Giambattista Marino, and August Kubizek.

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Among people born in 1892, Edith Södergran ranks 57. Before her are Kang Pan-sok, Margaret Rutherford, Nikolai Kondratiev, E. H. Carr, Oswald Pohl, and Hjalmar Siilasvuo. After her are Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Erich Auerbach, Mikhail Kirponos, Johannes Frießner, Juan Negrín, and Tamon Yamaguchi. Among people deceased in 1923, Edith Södergran ranks 26. Before her are Pierre Loti, Princess Louise of Prussia, James Dewar, Hertha Ayrton, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Katherine Mansfield. After her are Raymond Radiguet, Milena Vukotić, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and Max Nordau.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Edith Södergran ranks 351 out of 3,761. Before her are George Ostrogorsky (1902), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Avvakum (1620), Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), and Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859). After her are Oleg Gordievsky (1938), Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Lovis Corinth (1858), Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Leonid Govorov (1897), and Karl Bryullov (1799).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Edith Södergran ranks 39. Before her are Viktor Shklovsky (1893), Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Henri Troyat (1911), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), and Fyodor Tyutchev (1803). After her are Alexander Litvinenko (1962), Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Nikolai Leskov (1831), Leonid Andreyev (1871), and Andrei Bely (1880).

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