WRITER

Johannes Ewald

1743 - 1781

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Johannes Ewald (18 November 1743 – 17 March 1781) was a Danish national dramatist, psalm writer and poet. The lyrics of a song from one of his plays are used for one of the Danish national anthems, Kong Christian stod ved højen mast which has equal status of national anthem together with Der er et yndigt land. Quite until the days of romanticism, Ewald was considered the unsurpassed Danish poet. Today he is probably more lauded than read; though considered classics, only few of his works have become popular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Ewald is the 3,137th most popular writer (up from 3,471st in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 348th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among writers, Johannes Ewald ranks 3,137 out of 7,302. Before him are Ursula Kuczynski, Brian Herbert, Leone Ginzburg, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Robert Ressler, and Jefimija. After him are Richard Curtis, Roberto Calasso, Jean Desmarets, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, and Walter Hasenclever.

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Among people born in 1743, Johannes Ewald ranks 28. Before him are Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, William Paley, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. After him are Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Johann David Wyss, Marmaduke Tunstall, and John Fitch. Among people deceased in 1781, Johannes Ewald ranks 14. Before him are Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Faustina Bordoni, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, John Needham, and Túpac Katari. After him are Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Bartolina Sisa, Micaela Bastidas, Tobias Furneaux, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johannes Ewald ranks 305 out of 1,032. Before him are Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Olafur Eliasson (1967), Erik Axelsson Tott (1419), H. C. Hansen (1906), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), and Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244). After him are Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910), Henning Carlsen (1927), Cecil Bødker (1927), Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860), Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811), and Viggo Johansen (1851).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Johannes Ewald ranks 25. Before him are Inger Christensen (1935), Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), Kjeld Abell (1901), Peter Høeg (1957), and Kaj Munk (1898). After him are Cecil Bødker (1927), Holger Drachmann (1846), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Jens Baggesen (1764), Karin Michaëlis (1872), and Torben Ulrich (1928).

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