WRITER

Johan Bojer

1872 - 1959

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Johan Bojer (6 March 1872 – 3 July 1959) was a popular Norwegian novelist and dramatist. He principally wrote about the lives of the poor farmers and fishermen, both in his native Norway and among the Norwegian immigrants in the United States. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Bojer is the 3,101st most popular writer (down from 2,242nd in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Norway (down from 130th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johan Bojer ranks 3,101 out of 7,302. Before him are Laza Kostić, Johann Heinrich Voss, Mukaghali Makatayev, Fumiko Enchi, Francis Ponge, and Alois Musil. After him are Zivia Lubetkin, Richard Bandler, E. L. Doctorow, Jack Higgins, Günter Wallraff, and Gysbert Japiks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Johan Bojer ranks 95. Before him are Jaan Teemant, William Larned, Elia Dalla Costa, Heinrich Vogeler, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and August Nilsson. After him are Hàm Nghi, Mikhail Kuzmin, Friedrich, Prince of Wied, Maurice Larrouy, Juho Vennola, and Armen Garo. Among people deceased in 1959, Johan Bojer ranks 92. Before him are Giovanni Pastrone, Eduard van Beinum, Štefan Tiso, José Vasconcelos, Patrick O'Connell, and Laxmi Prasad Devkota. After him are Charles Vidor, Vincent Richards, Fernand Bouisson, Lal Bokhari, Leslie Johnson, and Ingrid Vang Nyman.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Bojer ranks 200 out of 1,039. Before him are Hans Aanrud (1863), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Helge Løvland (1890), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Sigurd Hoel (1890), and Jacob Tullin Thams (1898). After him are Jon Elster (1940), Fred Anton Maier (1938), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Åge Hareide (1953), Arne Brustad (1912), and Oddbjørn Hagen (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Johan Bojer ranks 38. Before him are Per Petterson (1952), Knud Knudsen (1812), Hans Aanrud (1863), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), and Sigurd Hoel (1890). After him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Alf Prøysen (1914), and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900).

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