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Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen

1900 - 1938

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Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (29 November 1900 – 24 March 1938) was a Faroese writer. He has a distinct place in Scandinavian literature, as he is the only Faroese writer to achieve international best-seller status. This status derives from his sole (unfinished) novel, Barbara (1939). The novel was translated into five other languages shortly after the first edition in the Danish language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen is the 4,812th most popular writer (down from 4,487th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Faroe Islands (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Writer.

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Among writers, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 4,812 out of 7,302. Before him are David E. Kelley, Ricardo Palma, Klabund, Muriel Barbery, Anna Enquist, and Jan Frans Willems. After him are Hilde Domin, Marie Hankel, Gáspár Heltai, William of Poitiers, Arkady Fiedler, and Gilles Perrault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 232. Before him are Itzik Feffer, Alice Neel, César Espinoza, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Émile Mercier, and Irene Guest. After him are Taylor Caldwell, Arthur Norris, Hyman G. Rickover, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Bing Xin, and Ivan Ivanov-Vano. Among people deceased in 1938, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 183. Before him are Ekaterine Gabashvili, Edward M. House, John Exley, Ángel Arocha, Steve Bloomer, and Nikolai Gikalo. After him are Matvei Bronstein, John Kunkel Small, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, André Blondel, Choʻlpon, and Rosa Mayreder.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 8 out of 27. Before him are William Heinesen (1900), Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Christian Matras (1900), and Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964). After him are Heðin Brú (1901), Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983), Rói Patursson (1947), Aksel V. Johannesen (1972), Marita Petersen (1940), and Gunnar Nielsen (1986).

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Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

Among writers born in Faroe Islands, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 5. Before him are William Heinesen (1900), Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), and Christian Matras (1900). After him are Heðin Brú (1901), Rói Patursson (1947), and Jakob Jakobsen (1864).

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