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Karl Ove Knausgård

1968 - Today

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Karl Ove Knausgård (Norwegian: [kɑːl ˈûːvə ˈknæ̂ʉsɡoːr]; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for a series of six autobiographical novels titled My Struggle (Min Kamp). The Wall Street Journal has described him as "one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations". Since the completion of the My Struggle series in 2011, he has published an autobiographical series entitled The Seasons Quartet, a critical work on the art of Edvard Munch, and a novel series beginning with The Morning Star. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Ove Knausgård is the 3,417th most popular writer (down from 3,350th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Norway (down from 206th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 3,417 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-François Revel, Johann Most, Lillian Hellman, Pierre Jean Jouve, Hélène Berr, and Tristan Bernard. After him are Niccolò Tommaseo, Alexis Piron, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Mariano Azuela, Rabia Balkhi, and İbrahim Şinasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 107. Before him are Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Paul Scheuring, Oleg Deripaska, Rosalinda Celentano, Gary Coleman, and Emma Wiklund. After him are Timothy Olyphant, Surangel Whipps Jr., D'arcy Wretzky, Kelly Rutherford, Shaggy, and Gordon Bajnai.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 214 out of 1,039. Before him are Nils Christie (1928), Roald Aas (1928), Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), Jens Munk (1579), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), and Ellen Gleditsch (1879). After him are Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Belle Gunness (1859), Ole Ellefsæter (1939), John Norum (1964), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), and Gunnar Heiberg (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 40. Before him are Hans Aanrud (1863), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Johan Bojer (1872), and Gunnar Staalesen (1947). After him are Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Alf Prøysen (1914), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), and Johan Herman Wessel (1742).

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