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Maria Gripe

1923 - 2007

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Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter (25 July 1923 – 5 April 2007), was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books (e.g., the Hugo and Josephine books, the Shadow series, and the titles about Lotten). For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Gripe is the 2,064th most popular writer (up from 2,498th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 354th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Gripe ranks 2,064 out of 7,302. Before her are William of Moerbeke, Maria Konopnicka, Rhonda Byrne, Johann Karl August Musäus, James E. Gunn, and Frederick Marryat. After her are Hermann Sudermann, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Aloysius Bertrand, Carl Sandburg, Sabahattin Ali, and Salvadore Cammarano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Maria Gripe ranks 126. Before her are Pahiño, Uziel Gal, Irvin Kershner, Richard Pipes, Philly Joe Jones, and James E. Gunn. After her are Tito Puente, Judith Kerr, Faas Wilkes, Ann Miller, Peter Vaughan, and Mario Brega. Among people deceased in 2007, Maria Gripe ranks 120. Before her are Maurice Papon, Mika Špiljak, Steve Fossett, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Ulrich Mühe, and Colin McRae. After her are Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Tikhon Khrennikov, Ivica Račan, Henri Debehogne, Andranik Margaryan, and Jerzy Kawalerowicz.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Maria Gripe ranks 306 out of 1,879. Before her are Otto Nordenskjöld (1869), Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982), Lars Hörmander (1931), Anette Olzon (1971), Gillis Grafström (1893), and Carl Alexander Clerck (1710). After her are Oskar Klein (1894), Stig Blomqvist (1946), Siw Malmkvist (1936), Elsa Beskow (1874), Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670), and Gustav Trolle (1488).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Maria Gripe ranks 20. Before her are Olaus Petri (1493), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Karin Boye (1900), Stig Dagerman (1923), Camilla Läckberg (1974), and Hjalmar Söderberg (1869). After her are Elsa Beskow (1874), Per Wahlöö (1926), Håkan Nesser (1950), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Ulf Stark (1944), and Esaias Tegnér (1782).

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