WRITER

Jens Bjørneboe

1920 - 1976

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Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization as a whole. He led a turbulent life and his uncompromising opinions cost him both an obscenity conviction as well as long periods of heavy drinking and bouts of depression, which in the end led to his suicide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Bjørneboe is the 5,101st most popular writer (down from 4,532nd in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Norway (down from 279th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 5,101 out of 7,302. Before him are Kiki Dimoula, Marguerite Audoux, Károly Kisfaludy, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Larry McMurtry, and Chris Van Allsburg. After him are Júlia Szendrey, Ben Bova, Marin Preda, Claudio Williman, Mochtar Lubis, and Ferdinand von Saar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 332. Before him are Bohumil Kudrna, Hans Gerschwiler, Gesualdo Bufalino, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Vincentas Sladkevičius, and Alf Kjellin. After him are Mario Cecchi Gori, Alfonso Thiele, Tatyana Makarova, Robert Lamoureux, Alberto Crespo, and Eric Sturgess. Among people deceased in 1976, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 195. Before him are Jimmy Reed, Ritwik Ghatak, Alexander Brailowsky, Hugo Wieslander, Mortimer Wheeler, and Stith Thompson. After him are Carl Benjamin Boyer, Narve Bonna, Markus Reiner, Tarab Abdul Hadi, Anna Kéthly, and Yashpal.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 354 out of 1,039. Before him are Grímur Kamban (801), Simen Agdestein (1967), Gjermund Eggen (1941), Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1872), Peter Ascanius (1723), and Finn Helgesen (1919). After him are Shagrath (1976), Narve Bonna (1901), Cort Adeler (1622), Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993), Truls Mørk (1961), and Bernt Evensen (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 63. Before him are Hans Jæger (1854), Christian Lassen (1800), Erlend Loe (1969), Johan Borgen (1902), Olav Aukrust (1883), and Linn Ullmann (1966). After him are Vera Henriksen (1927), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Johan Falkberget (1879), Inger Hagerup (1905), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), and André Bjerke (1918).

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