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Thorkild Hansen

1927 - 1989

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Thorkild Hansen (9 January 1927 – 4 February 1989) was a Danish novelist most noted for his historical fiction. He is popularly known for his trilogy of novels about the Danish slave trade which is composed of Coast of Slaves (1967), Ships of Slaves (1968), and Islands of Slaves (1970; for which he received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1971). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thorkild Hansen is the 4,273rd most popular writer (down from 3,595th in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 356th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among writers, Thorkild Hansen ranks 4,273 out of 7,302. Before him are Lyuben Karavelov, Anne Tyler, Emmanuel Roblès, Pauline Kael, William Gaddis, and Samih al-Qasim. After him are Margaret Weis, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Orientius, Ōtomo no Tabito, Juhan Liiv, and Wilhelm Küchelbecker.

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Among people born in 1927, Thorkild Hansen ranks 279. Before him are Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Martin Špegelj, B. V. Doshi, Robert Spaemann, Robert Mills, and Tihomir Ognjanov. After him are Charles Pasqua, Qurratulain Hyder, Herbert W. Franke, Yevgeny Morgunov, Greta Andersen, and Karl Stotz. Among people deceased in 1989, Thorkild Hansen ranks 186. Before him are Yasuji Miyazaki, János Farkas, José Bustamante y Rivero, Jean-Michel Charlier, Christine Jorgensen, and Sándor Weöres. After him are Laurie Cunningham, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, José Augusto Brandão, René Petit, Robert Körner, and Richard Quine.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Thorkild Hansen ranks 435 out of 1,032. Before him are Sofie Gråbøl (1968), Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark (1706), Ole Madsen (1934), Lauritz Melchior (1890), Bernhard Rogge (1899), and Mikkel Hansen (1987). After him are Brian Steen Nielsen (1968), Jan Heintze (1963), MØ (1988), Greta Andersen (1927), Bodil Joensen (1944), and Steen Steensen Blicher (1782).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Thorkild Hansen ranks 38. Before him are Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Ari Behn (1972), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), and Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791). After him are Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940), Villy Sørensen (1929), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), and Lise Nørgaard (1917).

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