WRITER

Anton Hansen Tammsaare

1878 - 1940

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Anton Hansen (18 (O.S.)/30 January 1878 – 1 March 1940), better known by his pseudonym A. H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Hansen Tammsaare has received more than 52,567 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Anton Hansen Tammsaare is the 1,774th most popular writer (up from 1,937th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Estonia and the 4th most popular Estonian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tõde ja õigus
1946
Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan
1949
Ma armastasin sakslast
1956
DIE LEBENDEN PUPPEN
1979
Elu ja armastus
1951
Kõrboja peremees
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anton Hansen Tammsaare ranks 1,774 out of 7,302. Before him are Friedrich Rückert, Joseph Joubert, Magnús Scheving, Ted Hughes, Felice Orsini, and Miguel Hernández. After him are Aryadeva, Vasyl Stus, John Banville, Patricia Cornwell, Väinö Linna, and Tonino Guerra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Anton Hansen Tammsaare ranks 58. Before him are Manuel L. Quezon, Paul Pelliot, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Upton Sinclair, Hans Ledwinka, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Alfréd Hajós, Jack Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Hartley, C. Rajagopalachari, and Paul Troost. Among people deceased in 1940, Anton Hansen Tammsaare ranks 54. Before him are Walter Chrysler, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Joseph Meister, Anton Korošec, and Arthur Zimmermann. After him are Jan Kubelík, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Édouard Branly, Jesse Livermore, and Nedo Nadi.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Anton Hansen Tammsaare ranks 37 out of 351. Before him are Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Michael Sittow (1459), Lydia Koidula (1843), Neeme Järvi (1937), Alexander Gorchakov (1798), and Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711). After him are Bernhard Schmidt (1879), Leonid Kulik (1883), Andrus Ansip (1956), Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819), Vaino Väljas (1931), and Ilon Wikland (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Anton Hansen Tammsaare ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Jaan Kross (1920), and Lydia Koidula (1843). After him are Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Marie Under (1883), Balthasar Russow (1536), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Eduard Vilde (1865), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Betti Alver (1906), and Eno Raud (1928).

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