WRITER

Artur Lundkvist

1906 - 1991

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Nils Artur Lundkvist (3 March 1906 – 11 December 1991) was a Swedish writer, poet and literary critic. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1968.Artur Lundkvist published around 80 books, including poetry, prose poems, essays, short stories, novels and travel books, and his works have been translated into some 30 languages. He is also noted for having translated many works from Spanish and French into Swedish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artur Lundkvist has received more than 49,132 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Artur Lundkvist is the 2,705th most popular writer (up from 2,896th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 397th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Agadir
Poetry
1961
Himlens vilja
Fiction
1970
Snapphanens liv och död
Fiction, History
1968
Antipodien
1971
Brottställen
1968
Historier mellan åsarna
1969

Page views of Artur Lundkvists by language

Over the past year Artur Lundkvist has had the most page views in the with 12,206 views, followed by English (5,942), and Russian (1,962). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (63.55%), Basque (63.35%), and Danish (52.02%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Artur Lundkvist ranks 2,705 out of 7,302. Before him are Moses ibn Ezra, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Max Gallo, Yury Yakovlev, Marianne Fredriksson, and Fernand Crommelynck. After him are Etel Adnan, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Dezső Kosztolányi, Giovanni Pontano, and Champfleury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Artur Lundkvist ranks 148. Before him are Samad Vurgun, Wilhelm Boger, Joan Hickson, Eraldo Monzeglio, Francis Hong Yong-ho, and Sait Faik Abasıyanık. After him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Vitaly Abalakov, Alexander Gode, Pietro Serantoni, H. C. Hansen, and Endre Kabos. Among people deceased in 1991, Artur Lundkvist ranks 97. Before him are Richard Thorpe, Otl Aicher, Alex North, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Mikheil Meskhi, and Schubert Gambetta. After him are Luigi Zampa, Yasushi Inoue, Étienne Decroux, Franco Maria Malfatti, Metin Oktay, and Hitoshi Igarashi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Artur Lundkvist ranks 384 out of 1,879. Before him are David Lagercrantz (1962), Lena Nyman (1944), Carl Milles (1875), Christina Nilsson (1843), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), and Ove Andersson (1938). After him are Per Oscarsson (1927), Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Art Spiegelman (1948), Stefan Persson (1947), and Sven Rydell (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Artur Lundkvist ranks 30. Before him are Kerstin Ekman (1933), Ulf Stark (1944), Jonas Jonasson (1961), Maria Gripe (1923), David Lagercrantz (1962), and Marianne Fredriksson (1927). After him are Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Lars Norén (1944), and Åsa Larsson (1966).

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