PHILOSOPHER

Sara Danius

1962 - 2019

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Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019) was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University, docent of literature at Uppsala University and professor in literary science at Stockholm University. Danius was a member of the Swedish Academy and its first female permanent secretary. She was one of the central figures in the 2018 controversies resulting in the cancellation of the Nobel Prize in Literature that year and the following restructuring of the academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sara Danius is the 1,204th most popular philosopher (down from 1,195th in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 938th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Sara Danius ranks 1,204 out of 1,267. Before her are Robert Brandom, Bernard Lonergan, John Peckham, James Burnham, Hermann Lietz, and David Benatar. After her are Judith Jarvis Thomson, Michael Novak, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Alister McGrath, George Henry Lewes, and R. C. Sproul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Sara Danius ranks 369. Before her are Stephen Keshi, Garth Brooks, Néstor Clausen, Timo Soini, Jorge Martínez, and Anatoliy Serdyukov. After her are Andrei Panin, Steven Mnuchin, Marc Lavoine, Roger Clemens, Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, and Michael Konsel. Among people deceased in 2019, Sara Danius ranks 461. Before her are Donald Kalpokas, Borka Pavićević, Stanton T. Friedman, Russi Taylor, Jed Allan, and Johannes Schaaf. After her are Juan Rodríguez, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Bernard Tchoullouyan, Ron Leibman, and Lam Jones.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sara Danius ranks 1,024 out of 1,879. Before her are Svante Thuresson (1937), Östen Undén (1886), Göran Hagberg (1947), Ulf Sterner (1941), Mikael Appelgren (1961), and Signe Hasso (1915). After her are Mats Näslund (1959), Carl Abrahamsson (1896), Titiyo (1967), Linn Berggren (1970), Yngve Brodd (1930), and Max Tegmark (1967).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Sweden

Among philosophers born in Sweden, Sara Danius ranks 6. Before her are Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806), Lars Gustafsson (1936), Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585), and Nick Bostrom (1973).

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