WRITER

Kjell Espmark

1930 - 2022

Photo of Kjell Espmark

Icon of person Kjell Espmark

Kjell Erik Espmark (19 February 1930 – 18 September 2022) was a Swedish writer, literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy, and Professor of the History of Literature at Stockholm University. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 5 March 1981 and admitted on 20 December 1981. Kjell Espmark succeeded the linguist Elias Wessén to Seat No.16. He was chair of the Swedish Academy's Nobel committee between 1987 and 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kjell Espmark is the 4,987th most popular writer (up from 5,240th in 2019), the 802nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 848th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Kjell Espmark by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjell Espmark ranks 4,987 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovanni Berchet, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Hermann Kesten, Jack Finney, Mordecai Richler, and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi. After him are George Borrow, Jamaica Kincaid, Gonzalo Rojas, Mordecai Kaplan, Kārlis Skalbe, and Fay Weldon.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kjell Espmark ranks 427. Before him are Eugen Meier, Zdeněk Mlynář, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Carlos Lucas, Halszka Osmólska, and Michael J. Adams. After him are Jacqueline du Bief, Oleg Anofriyev, Polly Bergen, Chuck Daly, Richard Lynn, and Štefan Uher. Among people deceased in 2022, Kjell Espmark ranks 403. Before him are Carlos Lucas, Andreas Kunz, Ajdar Ismailov, Adriana Hoffmann, Carmen Herrera, and Omar Borrás. After him are Jürgen Heinsch, Jens Jørgen Hansen, Roger E. Mosley, Oksana Shvets, Nicholas Evans, and René de Obaldia.

Others Born in 1930

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2022

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kjell Espmark ranks 802 out of 1,879. Before him are Lisa Fonssagrives (1911), Georg Åberg (1893), Johan Ramstedt (1852), Kurt Axelsson (1941), Max Martin (1971), and Birger Sörvik (1879). After him are Jean-Paul Vonderburg (1964), Brita Borg (1926), Hugo Wieslander (1889), Gunnar Johansson (1924), Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854), and August Malmström (1829).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Kjell Espmark ranks 68. Before him are Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901), Göran Tunström (1937), Barbro Lindgren (1937), Jan Arnald (1963), and Dagmar Lange (1914). After him are Dagny Carlsson (1912), Mats Wahl (1945), Lukas Moodysson (1969), Frank Heller (1886), Gunnel Vallquist (1918), and Per Olof Sundman (1922).

Swedish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous