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Ole Lund Kirkegaard

1940 - 1979

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Ole Lund Kirkegaard (29 July 1940, in Aarhus – 24 March 1979) was a Danish writer of children's and youth literature, as well as a teacher. He mainly wrote about the interactions between adults and children. The main character in his books is usually an anti-hero. In 1969, he was awarded with the Danish Ministry of Culture's children book prize (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) Kirkegaard grew up in Skanderborg just south of Aarhus, and many of his stories were inspired by his own childhood experiences there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Lund Kirkegaard is the 4,920th most popular writer (down from 4,644th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 459th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 4,920 out of 7,302. Before him are Mark Dvoretsky, Anna Löwenstein, Marieluise Fleißer, Gulnazar Keldi, Kostas Varnalis, and Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer. After him are Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Igor Newerly, Johann Baptist Allgaier, Bing Xin, Neal Stephenson, and Juan Meléndez Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 385. Before him are Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Yossi Sarid, Norman Spinrad, Issake Dabore, Mukhu Aliyev, and Leila Ahmed. After him are Eugen Drewermann, John Esposito, Fausto Bertinotti, Franco Bitossi, Silva Batuta, and Adriana Hoffmann. Among people deceased in 1979, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 199. Before him are Andreo Cseh, Eduardo González Valiño, Gustav Winckler, Juan Arremón, Johan Borgen, and Guglielmo Segato. After him are Amelia Piccinini, Vilho Niittymaa, Nikolai Tikhonov, Margaret Harwood, Maurizio Arena, and Dorothy Arzner.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 496 out of 1,032. Before him are Ebbe Sand (1972), Kaare Klint (1888), Hannibal Sehested (1842), Leif Mortensen (1946), Kenneth Brylle (1959), and Katy Bødtger (1932). After him are Flemming Povlsen (1966), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Karl Aage Hansen (1921), Villy Sørensen (1929), Jens Jørgen Hansen (1939), and Bent Hansen (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 41. Before him are Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), and Henrik Nordbrandt (1945). After him are Villy Sørensen (1929), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Lise Nørgaard (1917), Hans Christian Branner (1903), Peer Hultberg (1935), and Benny Andersen (1929).

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