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Karin Boye

1900 - 1941

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Karin Maria Boye (; 26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist. In Sweden, she is acclaimed as a poet, but internationally, she is best known for the dystopian science fiction novel Kallocain (1940). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karin Boye is the 1,535th most popular writer (down from 1,428th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karin Boye ranks 1,535 out of 7,302. Before her are Khaqani, Qiu Chuji, Per Olov Enquist, Ausiàs March, Osvaldo Moles, and Mukhtar Auezov. After her are Korney Chukovsky, Henri de Régnier, Edmond François Valentin About, Kate Atkinson, Aksel Sandemose, and Guido Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Karin Boye ranks 81. Before her are Rudolf Diels, Ernst Krenek, Robert Siodmak, William Heinesen, Fritz London, and Franz Walter Stahlecker. After her are Violet Brown, Joseph Needham, Helene Weigel, Robert Desnos, Agnes Moorehead, and Camille Chamoun. Among people deceased in 1941, Karin Boye ranks 57. Before her are Gottfried Feder, Maria Spiridonova, Frederick Griffith, Rudolf Hilferding, Ernst Lindemann, and Lou Gehrig. After her are Guido Adler, Natalie of Serbia, Henri Cornet, Gaetano Mosca, Hjalmar Söderberg, and Charles Huntziger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karin Boye ranks 245 out of 1,879. Before her are Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Johan Banér (1596), Árni Magnússon (1663), Ingemar Johansson (1932), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), and Per Olov Enquist (1934). After her are Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Stig Dagerman (1923), Stig Anderson (1931), Eva Ekeblad (1724), and Per Albin Hansson (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Karin Boye ranks 16. Before her are Stieg Larsson (1954), Jan Guillou (1944), Ellen Key (1849), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Olaus Petri (1493), and Per Olov Enquist (1934). After her are Stig Dagerman (1923), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Maria Gripe (1923), Elsa Beskow (1874), and Per Wahlöö (1926).

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