WRITER

Johan Borgen

1902 - 1979

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Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel Lillelord for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Borgen is the 4,856th most popular writer (down from 3,121st in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 194th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johan Borgen ranks 4,856 out of 7,302. Before him are Antanas Baranauskas, Rodolfo Walsh, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Nancy Huston, Grant Allen, and Kenjirō Tokutomi. After him are Franciszek Karpiński, Akram Aylisli, Ronald Knox, František Čelakovský, Hanif Kureishi, and José Eustasio Rivera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Johan Borgen ranks 242. Before him are Luo Ronghuan, Ethelda Bleibtrey, Jesús Bermúdez, Edward Condon, Nils Rosén, and Princess Sophie of Luxembourg. After him are Myrtle Cook, Josef von Báky, Alexander Abusch, Otto Winzer, Giuseppe Lepori, and Ernő Goldfinger. Among people deceased in 1979, Johan Borgen ranks 197. Before him are Willibald Schmaus, Paul Paray, Andreo Cseh, Eduardo González Valiño, Gustav Winckler, and Juan Arremón. After him are Guglielmo Segato, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Amelia Piccinini, Vilho Niittymaa, Nikolai Tikhonov, and Margaret Harwood.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Borgen ranks 333 out of 1,039. Before him are Knut Johannesen (1933), Torgeir Brandtzæg (1941), Deeyah Khan (1977), Anders Haugen (1888), Peder Balke (1804), and Erlend Loe (1969). After him are Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Olav Aukrust (1883), Jørn Andersen (1963), Ståle Solbakken (1968), Linn Ullmann (1966), and Tore André Flo (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Johan Borgen ranks 60. Before him are Hulda Garborg (1862), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Hans Jæger (1854), Christian Lassen (1800), and Erlend Loe (1969). After him are Olav Aukrust (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Vera Henriksen (1927), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), and Johan Falkberget (1879).

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