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Inger Christensen

1935 - 2009

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Inger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. She is considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Inger Christensen is the 2,136th most popular writer (up from 2,260th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 232nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Inger Christensen ranks 2,136 out of 7,302. Before her are Harold Bloom, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Richard Aldington, Carl Zuckmayer, and Cangrande I della Scala. After her are Jón Arason, Joan Didion, Lu Ji, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Elizabeth von Arnim, and John Kennedy Toole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Inger Christensen ranks 139. Before her are Ken Kercheval, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Djamila Bouhired, Chaim Topol, Jerry Fodor, and Kurt Westergaard. After her are Charles Grodin, Khalil al-Wazir, Diane Ladd, Helmut Lachenmann, Lola Novaković, and Hans Tilkowski. Among people deceased in 2009, Inger Christensen ranks 106. Before her are Stephen Toulmin, Lino Lacedelli, Ernst Barkmann, Friaça, Al Martino, and Yegor Gaidar. After her are Tomislav Crnković, Pierre Gamarra, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Claude Berri, Hélio Gracie, and Edward Schillebeeckx.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Inger Christensen ranks 222 out of 1,032. Before her are Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Per Nørgård (1932), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Prince Axel of Denmark (1888), Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829), and Kurt Westergaard (1935). After her are Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Eugenius Warming (1841), Valdemar Poulsen (1869), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), and Hans Christian Lumbye (1810).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Inger Christensen ranks 19. Before her are Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Ole Nydahl (1941), and Jens Fink-Jensen (1956). After her are Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), Kjeld Abell (1901), Peter Høeg (1957), Kaj Munk (1898), and Johannes Ewald (1743).

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