WRITER

Olav Duun

1876 - 1939

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Olav Duun (21 November 1876 – 13 September 1939) was a writer of Norwegian fiction. He is generally recognized to be one of the more outstanding writers in Norwegian literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-four times in fourteen years, and once lacked only one vote to receive the prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olav Duun is the 4,312th most popular writer (down from 4,174th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 256th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olav Duun ranks 4,312 out of 7,302. Before him are Julia Quinn, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Yoko Tawada, Peyo Yavorov, David Almond, and Vasyl Stefanyk. After him are Camille Paglia, Colm Tóibín, Ana Maria Machado, Arno Holz, Zhang Jie, and Margita Figuli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Olav Duun ranks 147. Before him are Leopold von Wiese, Violet Gibson, Flora Sandes, William Wain Prior, John Mulcahy, and Hippolyte Aucouturier. After him are Walter Burley Griffin, Ellsworth Huntington, Safiya Zaghloul, Gwen John, Stan Rowley, and Harriet Brooks. Among people deceased in 1939, Olav Duun ranks 114. Before him are Wojciech Korfanty, Otto Siffling, Aleksander Brückner, Eulalio Gutiérrez, Edmund Beecher Wilson, and Polina Osipenko. After him are Alberto Palacio, Gwen John, Halil Pasha, Vladislav Khodasevich, Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid, and Oton Iveković.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Olav Duun ranks 283 out of 1,039. Before him are Anne Stine Ingstad (1918), Egil Olsen (1942), Christopher Hansteen (1784), Carl Størmer (1874), Erling Skakke (1115), and Konrad Hirsch (1900). After him are Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), Reidar Andersen (1911), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Sam Eyde (1866), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), and Jørgen Løvland (1848).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Olav Duun ranks 49. Before him are Alf Prøysen (1914), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Johan Turi (1854), and Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920). After him are Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Arnulf Øverland (1889), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Hulda Garborg (1862), and Roy Jacobsen (1954).

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