WRITER

Göran Tunström

1937 - 2000

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Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 – 5 February 2000) was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. Although active as an established author for nearly four decades, it was particularly after his Juloratoriet (The Christmas Oratorio) was adapted as a movie in 1996 that he became widely known to the (Swedish) public. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Göran Tunström is the 4,827th most popular writer (up from 5,217th in 2019), the 757th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 845th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Göran Tunström ranks 4,827 out of 7,302. Before him are Jonathan Carroll, Vitaliano Brancati, Shin Kyung-sook, Jakob Abbadie, Valentin Conrart, and Mamoni Raisom Goswami. After him are Taylor Caldwell, Paula Fox, C. L. Moore, Sidney Howard, Horst Bienek, and Roger Ascham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Göran Tunström ranks 365. Before him are David Acevedo, Regimantas Adomaitis, John Devitt, Antonio Betancort, David Bailie, and Nélida Piñon. After him are Gary Lockwood, Manfred Krug, Pino Puglisi, Barbro Lindgren, Antonio Bailetti, and Akram Aylisli. Among people deceased in 2000, Göran Tunström ranks 224. Before him are Billy Barty, Richard Mulligan, Vicente Asensi, Émile Mercier, Johann Urbanek, and William Stokoe. After him are Arthur Norris, Enric Miralles, Putra of Perlis, Ernest Lluch, Viktor Kolotov, and Stanislav Stratiev.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Göran Tunström ranks 757 out of 1,879. Before him are Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans (1948), Christian Lundeberg (1842), Gösta Andersson (1917), Kurt Svensson (1927), Elis Wiklund (1909), and Jörgen Persson (1966). After him are Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Nils Rosén (1902), Elisabeth Andreassen (1958), Pia Cramling (1963), Victor Hasselblad (1906), and Barbro Lindgren (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Göran Tunström ranks 64. Before him are Runer Jonsson (1916), Per Wästberg (1933), Elin Wägner (1882), Dan Andersson (1888), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), and Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901). After him are Barbro Lindgren (1937), Jan Arnald (1963), Dagmar Lange (1914), Kjell Espmark (1930), Dagny Carlsson (1912), and Mats Wahl (1945).

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