WRITER

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 68,131 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Amalie Skram is the 2,666th most popular writer (up from 3,086th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 174th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 68k

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  • 53.93

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Constance Ring
1988
Agnete
1977
Samlede vaerker
1911
Caught in the enchanter's net
Correspondence, Danish Authors, Friends and associates
2003
Hellemyrsfolket
1966
Lucie
1968
Les gens de hellemyr t.1
1966
Samlede vaerker
1911
Lucie
1952
Caught in the enchanter's net
Correspondence, Danish Authors, Friends and associates
2003
Lucie
1968
Constance Ring
Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
1988

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amalie Skram ranks 2,666 out of 7,302. Before her are Béla Király, Gustav Schwab, Michael Cunningham, Petrus Comestor, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus. After her are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Lupus Servatus, Holger Drachmann, Vilis Lācis, Maria Skobtsova, and Commodian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Amalie Skram ranks 48. Before her are Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Carlo Cafiero, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Lars Magnus Ericsson, and F. H. Bradley. After her are Karl Verner, Holger Drachmann, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Albert Apponyi, Luigi Denza, and Nikolai Yaroshenko. Among people deceased in 1905, Amalie Skram ranks 44. Before her are Franz Reuleaux, Clément Juglar, Tippu Tip, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Josip Belušić, and Jean-Jacques Henner. After her are Julius Oppert, Franz Overbeck, Máximo Gómez, John Rogan, Henry Irving, and Siegfried Bing.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Amalie Skram ranks 162 out of 1,039. Before her are Thorbjørn Jagland (1950), Inge II of Norway (1185), Anathon Aall (1867), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Jon Elster (1940), and Sigurd Slembe (1100). After her are Birger Ruud (1911), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Anja Breien (1940), Petter Dass (1647), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), and Carl Anton Larsen (1860).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Amalie Skram ranks 28. Before her are Margit Sandemo (1924), Per Petterson (1952), Karin Fossum (1954), Dag Solstad (1941), Anne Holt (1958), and Nordahl Grieg (1902). After her are Petter Dass (1647), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Kjell Askildsen (1929), and Lars Saabye Christensen (1953).

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