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Olive Schreiner

1855 - 1920

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Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 – 11 December 1920) was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her novel The Story of an African Farm (1883), which has been highly acclaimed. It deals boldly with such contemporary issues as agnosticism, existential independence, individualism, the professional aspirations of women, and the elemental nature of life on the colonial frontier. Since the late 20th century, scholars have also credited Schreiner as an advocate for the Afrikaners, and other South African groups who were excluded from political power for decades, such as indigenous blacks, Jews, and Indians. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olive Schreiner is the 4,209th most popular writer (up from 5,079th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Lesotho (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Mosotho Writer.

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Among writers, Olive Schreiner ranks 4,209 out of 7,302. Before her are Eduardo Pondal, Abel Bonnard, Francis Davis Millet, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Jorge Edwards, and Ida Fink. After her are Robert Rozhdestvensky, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Thomas Berger, Ludvík Vaculík, Ki no Tomonori, and Sofia Yablonska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Olive Schreiner ranks 75. Before her are José Malhoa, Erik Werenskiold, Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, Innokenty Annensky, Leo Deutsch, and Otto Lehmann. After her are Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Josiah Royce, Eduard von Keyserling, Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, and Eugene V. Debs. Among people deceased in 1920, Olive Schreiner ranks 93. Before her are Nasrullah Khan, Pier Andrea Saccardo, Heinrich Lammasch, Olive Thomas, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, and Ömer Seyfettin. After her are Teresa of the Andes, Arturo Soria y Mata, Théodore Flournoy, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Theodor Philipsen, and Luc-Olivier Merson.

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In Lesotho

Among people born in Lesotho, Olive Schreiner ranks 6 out of 14. Before her are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), Pakalitha Mosisili (1945), Tom Thabane (1939), and Moshoeshoe I (1786). After her are Leabua Jonathan (1914), Sebastian Koto Khoarai (1929), Justin Lekhanya (1938), Sam Matekane (1958), 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso (1976), and Moeketsi Majoro (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Lesotho

Among writers born in Lesotho, Olive Schreiner ranks 1. 

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