Writer

Arvo Valton

Estonian writer

1935 - 2024

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His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Arvo Valton is the 5,171st most popular writer (up from 5,945th in 2024), the 170th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 195th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Estonian Writer.

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Arvo Valton shares a December 14 birthday with George VI, Tycho Brahe, and Dilma Rousseff.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Arvo Valton ranks 5,171 out of 7,302. Before him are Arthur Golden, Mykhaylo Semenko, Daša Drndić, Gerbrand Bredero, Jean Cau, and Anna Louisa Karsch. After him are Stephen Hunter, Francis Bebey, Wolf Erlbruch, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, István Fekete, and David Crane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Arvo Valton ranks 380. Before him are Hans Sturm, Türkan Saylan, Sarah Kirsch, György Kárpáti, Leo Falcam, and Hubert Hahne. After him are Horacio Troche, Albín Brunovský, Vicente Lucas, Stanley Norman Cohen, Jadwiga Barańska, and Jimmy Makulis. Among people deceased in 2024, Arvo Valton ranks 391. Before him are Hamzah Haz, Ibrahim Aqil, Ramiro Blacut, Alan Rachins, Robert Pickton, and Mahammed Dionne. After him are Domingo Pérez, Brian Lumley, Jadwiga Barańska, Duane Eddy, Bill Walton, and Helen Gallagher.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Arvo Valton ranks 170 out of 351. Before him are Paul Raud (1865), Eino Tamberg (1930), Lepo Sumera (1950), Osvald Käpp (1905), Lembit Ulfsak (1947), and Heinrich Mark (1911). After him are Jaak Lipso (1940), Ivo Linna (1949), Arnold Luhaäär (1905), Knudåge Riisager (1897), Aavo Pikkuus (1954), and Silvi Vrait (1951).

Among Writers In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Arvo Valton ranks 20. Before him are Juhan Smuul (1922), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Eno Raud (1928), Juhan Liiv (1864), Anna Haava (1864), and Viivi Luik (1946). After him are August Jakobson (1904), Alexander Vostokov (1781), Mihkel Veske (1843), August Gailit (1891), Ellen Niit (1928), and Artur Adson (1889).

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