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Sven Lindqvist

1932 - 2019

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Sven Oskar Lindqvist (28 March 1932 – 14 May 2019) was a prolific Swedish author whose 35 books range from essays, aphorisms, autobiography, and documentary prose to travel and reportage. He was educated at Stockholm University, and spent a year as a cultural attaché in Beijing, but spent most of his life as a writer, known for his persistence and independence. In the 1970s he established the public history movement Dig Where You Stand. From the late 1980s he focused on European imperialism, colonialism, racism, genocide, environmental degradation, and war. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sven Lindqvist is the 4,110th most popular writer (down from 3,858th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 559th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sven Lindqvist ranks 4,110 out of 7,302. Before her are Judith Gautier, Misuzu Kaneko, Iraj Mirza, August Ahlqvist, Pashko Vasa, and Moritz Steinschneider. After her are Mikayel Nalbandian, Antun Gustav Matoš, Giovanni Arpino, Franz von Schober, Carmen de Burgos, and Kostandin Kristoforidhi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Sven Lindqvist ranks 289. Before her are Tormod Knutsen, Luis Ayala, Medea Abrahamyan, Antti Hyvärinen, Michel Leblond, and Imre Polyák. After her are Josef Musil, Edmund Wickham Lawrence, Lajos Csordás, Sígfrid Gràcia, John Drew Barrymore, and John Vernon. Among people deceased in 2019, Sven Lindqvist ranks 282. Before her are Julie Adams, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Elina Bystritskaya, Ilona Novák, Kjell Bäckman, and Bob Hawke. After her are Hannelore Elsner, Theo Adam, Michael J. Pollard, Paweł Adamowicz, Pedro Manfredini, and Egon Zimmermann.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sven Lindqvist ranks 616 out of 1,879. Before her are Torbjörn Nilsson (1954), Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz (1716), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Hasse Jeppson (1925), Karl-Erik Palmér (1929), and Tore Svensson (1927). After her are Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721), Gösta Ekman (1939), Rune Larsson (1924), Olle Anderberg (1919), Bengt Ekerot (1920), and David Lagercrantz (1962).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Sven Lindqvist ranks 51. Before her are Lina Sandell (1832), Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), Hjalmar Bergman (1883), Moa Martinson (1890), Gustaf Fröding (1860), and Leif G. W. Persson (1945). After her are David Lagercrantz (1962), Sara Lidman (1923), Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), Jan Myrdal (1927), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), and Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659).

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