WRITER
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
1857 - 1919

Karl Adolph Gjellerup
Karl Adolph Gjellerup (Danish: [ˈkʰɑˀl ˈɛːˌtʌlˀf ˈkelˀəʁɔp]; 2 June 1857 – 11 October 1919) was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian literature. He occasionally used the pseudonym Epigonos. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Adolph Gjellerup is the 144th most popular writer (up from 200th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Writer.
Gjellerup was a Danish poet and novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917.
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Karl Adolph Gjellerup ranks 144 out of 7,302. Before him are Jonathan Swift, Paul Verlaine, Lewis Carroll, Boris Pasternak, Dr. Seuss, and Yukio Mishima. After him are E. T. A. Hoffmann, Cato the Elder, Cyrano de Bergerac, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry David Thoreau, and Diogenes Laërtius.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJonathan Swift
1667 - 1745
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 138
Paul Verlaine
1844 - 1896
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 139
Lewis Carroll
1832 - 1898
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 140
Boris Pasternak
1890 - 1960
HPI: 80.01
Rank: 141
Dr. Seuss
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.94
Rank: 142
Yukio Mishima
1925 - 1970
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 143
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 144
E. T. A. Hoffmann
1776 - 1822
HPI: 79.88
Rank: 145
Cato the Elder
243 BC - 149 BC
HPI: 79.82
Rank: 146
Cyrano de Bergerac
1619 - 1655
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 147
Vladimir Nabokov
1899 - 1977
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 148
Henry David Thoreau
1817 - 1862
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 149
Diogenes Laërtius
180 - 240
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 150
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1857, Karl Adolph Gjellerup ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius XI, Heinrich Hertz, Ferdinand de Saussure, Clara Zetkin, and Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. After him are Edward Elgar, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Joseph Conrad, Henrik Pontoppidan, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and Alfonso XII of Spain. Among people deceased in 1919, Karl Adolph Gjellerup ranks 7. Before him are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rosa Luxemburg, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Emil Fischer, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ernst Haeckel. After him are Alfred Werner, Gojong of Korea, Karl Liebknecht, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Emiliano Zapata, and Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Others Born in 1857
Go to all RankingsPope Pius XI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1857 - 1939
HPI: 86.66
Rank: 1
Heinrich Hertz
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1894
HPI: 82.34
Rank: 2
Ferdinand de Saussure
LINGUIST
1857 - 1913
HPI: 82.09
Rank: 3
Clara Zetkin
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1933
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 4
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1941
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 5
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 6
Edward Elgar
COMPOSER
1857 - 1934
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 7
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
NOBLEMAN
1857 - 1944
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 8
Joseph Conrad
WRITER
1857 - 1924
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 9
Henrik Pontoppidan
WRITER
1857 - 1943
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 10
Ruggero Leoncavallo
COMPOSER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 11
Alfonso XII of Spain
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1885
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1919
Go to all RankingsPierre-Auguste Renoir
PAINTER
1841 - 1919
HPI: 86.02
Rank: 1
Rosa Luxemburg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1871 - 1919
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 2
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
PHYSICIST
1842 - 1919
HPI: 83.12
Rank: 3
Emil Fischer
CHEMIST
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 4
Theodore Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1919
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 5
Ernst Haeckel
BIOLOGIST
1834 - 1919
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 6
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 7
Alfred Werner
CHEMIST
1866 - 1919
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 8
Gojong of Korea
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 9
Karl Liebknecht
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1919
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 10
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1842 - 1919
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 11
Emiliano Zapata
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1919
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 12
Ruggero Leoncavallo
COMPOSER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 13
In Denmark
Among people born in Denmark, Karl Adolph Gjellerup ranks 12 out of 1,032. Before him are Søren Kierkegaard (1813), Harald Bluetooth (935), Haakon VII of Norway (1872), Frederick IX of Denmark (1899), Margaret I of Denmark (1353), and Christian X of Denmark (1870). After him are Vitus Bering (1681), Christian VIII of Denmark (1786), Maria Feodorovna (1847), Sigrid Undset (1882), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), and John, King of Denmark (1455).
Others born in Denmark
Go to all RankingsSøren Kierkegaard
PHILOSOPHER
1813 - 1855
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 6
Harald Bluetooth
POLITICIAN
935 - 986
HPI: 83.17
Rank: 7
Haakon VII of Norway
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1957
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 8
Frederick IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 9
Margaret I of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1353 - 1412
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 10
Christian X of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1947
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 11
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 12
Vitus Bering
EXPLORER
1681 - 1741
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 13
Christian VIII of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1786 - 1848
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 14
Maria Feodorovna
COMPANION
1847 - 1928
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 15
Sigrid Undset
WRITER
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 16
Johannes V. Jensen
WRITER
1873 - 1950
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 17
John, King of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1455 - 1513
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 18
Among WRITERS In Denmark
Among writers born in Denmark, Karl Adolph Gjellerup ranks 2. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen (1805). After him are Sigrid Undset (1882), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Karen Blixen (1885), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Georg Brandes (1842), Sven Hassel (1917), and Martin Andersen Nexø (1869).
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 1
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 2
Sigrid Undset
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 3
Johannes V. Jensen
1873 - 1950
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 4
Henrik Pontoppidan
1857 - 1943
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 5
Karen Blixen
1885 - 1962
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 6
N. F. S. Grundtvig
1783 - 1872
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 7
Tove Ditlevsen
1917 - 1976
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 8
Jens Peter Jacobsen
1847 - 1885
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 9
Georg Brandes
1842 - 1927
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 10
Sven Hassel
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 11
Martin Andersen Nexø
1869 - 1954
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 12