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Per Olov Enquist

1934 - 2020

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Per Olov Enquist, also known as P. O. Enquist, (23 September 1934 – 25 April 2020) was a Swedish author. He had worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Per Olov Enquist is the 1,531st most popular writer (down from 1,362nd in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 206th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swedish Writer.

Olov Enquist is most famous for his novel "The Visit" which was published in 2000. The novel is a fictionalized account of the visit of the French writer Marcel Proust to the Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Per Olov Enquist ranks 1,531 out of 7,302. Before him are Kristijonas Donelaitis, Erich Segal, Betty Friedan, Alphonse Allais, Khaqani, and Qiu Chuji. After him are Ausiàs March, Osvaldo Moles, Mukhtar Auezov, Karin Boye, Korney Chukovsky, and Henri de Régnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Per Olov Enquist ranks 110. Before him are Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Ornella Vanoni, Anton Geesink, Valentin Ivanov, Fredric Jameson, and Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. After him are Miguel de la Madrid, Khun Sa, John Brunner, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Tony Hoare, and James Sikking. Among people deceased in 2020, Per Olov Enquist ranks 110. Before him are Pat Patterson, George Floyd, Florian Schneider, Quino, Maj Sjöwall, and Margaret Burbidge. After him are Jerry Stiller, George Blake, MF Doom, Kenzō Takada, Wim Suurbier, and Manu Dibango.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per Olov Enquist ranks 244 out of 1,879. Before him are Olaus Petri (1493), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Johan Banér (1596), Árni Magnússon (1663), Ingemar Johansson (1932), and Carl Adolph Agardh (1785). After him are Karin Boye (1900), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Stig Dagerman (1923), Stig Anderson (1931), and Eva Ekeblad (1724).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Per Olov Enquist ranks 15. Before him are Henning Mankell (1948), Stieg Larsson (1954), Jan Guillou (1944), Ellen Key (1849), Maj Sjöwall (1935), and Olaus Petri (1493). After him are Karin Boye (1900), Stig Dagerman (1923), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Maria Gripe (1923), and Elsa Beskow (1874).

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