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Tove Ditlevsen

1917 - 1976

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Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (Danish: [ˈtsʰoːvə ˈtitle̝wsn̩]; 14 December 1917 – 7 March 1976) was a Danish poet and author. With published works in a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by the time of her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tove Ditlevsen is the 804th most popular writer (down from 782nd in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tove Ditlevsen ranks 804 out of 7,302. Before her are Bar Hebraeus, Jean Anouilh, Felix Salten, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Fatema Mernissi, and Theodoret. After her are Dashiell Hammett, Max Jacob, L. Frank Baum, Zeami Motokiyo, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Cesare Pavese.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Tove Ditlevsen ranks 44. Before her are Mel Ferrer, John B. Calhoun, Rochus Misch, Ko Arima, Algirdas Julien Greimas, and Yukio Tsuda. After her are Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jean-Pierre Melville, Fernando Rey, Bourvil, George Gaynes, and Sven Hassel. Among people deceased in 1976, Tove Ditlevsen ranks 37. Before her are Zhu De, Rudolf Bultmann, Choe Yong-gon, Juscelino Kubitschek, Émile Benveniste, and George Whipple. After her are Benjamin Graham, João Goulart, René Cassin, Andrei Grechko, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Josef Albers.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Tove Ditlevsen ranks 98 out of 1,032. Before her are Canute Lavard (1096), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Hans Christian Gram (1853), Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), Eric I of Denmark (1055), and Valdemar III of Denmark (1314). After her are John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), and Georg Brandes (1842).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Tove Ditlevsen ranks 8. Before her are Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857), Sigrid Undset (1882), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Karen Blixen (1885), and N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783). After her are Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Georg Brandes (1842), Sven Hassel (1917), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), and Adam Oehlenschläger (1779).

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