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Johannes Jørgensen

1866 - 1956

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Jens Johannes Jørgensen (6 November 1866, in Svendborg – 29 May 1956) was a Danish writer, best known for his biographies of Catholic saints. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Jørgensen is the 3,995th most popular writer (down from 3,625th in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 359th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johannes Jørgensen ranks 3,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfred Kerr, Matilde Serao, Luciano De Crescenzo, Nick Hornby, Ferenc Fejtő, and Moa Martinson. After him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Anar Rzayev, Syd Field, Yu Dafu, Bharatendu Harishchandra, and Simin Behbahani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Johannes Jørgensen ranks 106. Before him are J. B. M. Hertzog, James J. Corbett, Voltairine de Cleyre, Nazikeda Kadın, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, and Richard Beer-Hofmann. After him are Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, George Coșbuc, Prince Aribert of Anhalt, Italo Santelli, Emiliano Figueroa, and Sam Eyde. Among people deceased in 1956, Johannes Jørgensen ranks 136. Before him are Navvab Safavi, Tommy Dorsey, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Hans Carossa, Herminio Masantonio, and Vladimir Filatov. After him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Austin Osman Spare, Sergei Vasilenko, Louis Bromfield, Doca, and Violet Gibson.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johannes Jørgensen ranks 401 out of 1,032. Before him are Robert Jacobsen (1912), Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864), Ada Adler (1878), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), and Urban Gad (1879). After him are Johan Jensen (1859), Hans Ørberg (1920), Johnny Hansen (1943), Thomas Kingo (1634), Simon Kjær (1989), and Wilhelm Bendz (1804).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Johannes Jørgensen ranks 35. Before him are Jens Baggesen (1764), Karin Michaëlis (1872), Torben Ulrich (1928), Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Ari Behn (1972), and Klaus Rifbjerg (1931). After him are Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), and Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940).

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