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Amalie Skram

1846 - 1905

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Amalie Skram (22 August 1846 – 15 March 1905) was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. In Norway, she is frequently considered the most important female writer of the Modern Breakthrough (Det moderne gjennombrudd). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amalie Skram has received more than 62,266 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Amalie Skram is the 3,097th most popular writer (down from 2,675th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Norway (down from 167th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amalie Skram ranks 3,097 out of 5,755Before her are Licinius Macer Calvus, Antun Vrančić, Heinrich Vogeler, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Subh-i-Azal, and Mohammad-Taqi Bahar. After her are Herman Grimm, António Ferreira, Corrie ten Boom, Ennio Flaiano, Max Gallo, and Walter Hasenclever.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Amalie Skram ranks 62Before her are Seth Carlo Chandler, Raoul Pictet, Vladimir Makovsky, William Robertson Smith, Princess Marguerite of Orléans, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After her are Holger Drachmann, Karl Verner, Carlos Pellegrini, Lewis Boss, Giuseppe De Nittis, and Basil III of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1905, Amalie Skram ranks 49Before her are Pedro Américo, Meyer Guggenheim, Julius Oppert, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Máximo Gómez, and Theodore Thomas. After her are Rudolf von Alt, Konstantin Savitsky, Charles Renard, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, Hermann Wissmann, and John Hay.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Amalie Skram ranks 175 out of 927Before her are Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862), Colin Archer (1832), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Helge Ingstad (1899), and Henrik Steffens (1773). After her are Ole-Johan Dahl (1931), Edvard Moser (1962), Anathon Aall (1867), Harald Sverdrup (1888), Sigurd Hoel (1890), and Otto Ruge (1882).

Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Amalie Skram ranks 30Before her are Petter Dass (1647), Hans Aanrud (1863), Jon Fosse (1959), Camilla Collett (1813), Johan Borgen (1902), and Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120). After her are Sigurd Hoel (1890), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Per Petterson (1952), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), and Alf Prøysen (1914).