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Juhani Aho

1861 - 1921

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Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt (11 September 1861 – 8 August 1921), was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juhani Aho is the 1,903rd most popular writer (up from 1,915th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Finland (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juhani Aho ranks 1,903 out of 7,302. Before him are Branko Ćopić, Frederik Pohl, Anonymus, Jacint Verdaguer, Cristóbal de Morales, and E. E. Cummings. After him are John Farey Sr., Renée Vivien, Robert Faurisson, Archestratus, Victoria Ocampo, and Salvian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Juhani Aho ranks 49. Before him are Santiago Rusiñol, Nellie Melba, Jurji Zaydan, Maurice Blondel, Ivana Kobilca, and Stanislas de Guaita. After him are Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Louis Anquetin, Alexey Kaledin, John William Godward, William C. Durant, and William Renshaw. Among people deceased in 1921, Juhani Aho ranks 48. Before him are Jean-Paul Laurens, Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady Randolph Churchill, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Nikolay Gumilyov, and Emilia Pardo Bazán. After him are Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Émile Boutroux, Otto von Gierke, Joel Asaph Allen, Said Halim Pasha, and Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Juhani Aho ranks 81 out of 751. Before him are Matthias Castrén (1813), Kaija Saariaho (1952), Ernst Linder (1868), Matti Järvinen (1909), Bernhard Crusell (1775), and Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928). After him are Fredrika Bremer (1801), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), Edvard Westermarck (1862), and Markku Alén (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Juhani Aho ranks 12. Before him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Eino Leino (1878), Väinö Linna (1920), and Minna Canth (1844). After him are Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Bo Carpelan (1926), Pentti Linkola (1932), Paavo Haavikko (1931), and Johannes Linnankoski (1869).

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