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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 (up from 24 in 2019). Artur Lundkvist is the 2,907th most popular writer (down from 2,763rd in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 380th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Artur Lundkvist ranks 2,907 out of 5,755Before him are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, William Goldman, Leah Goldberg, Xanthus, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Anne Applebaum. After him are Paul Fleming, Robert Harris, Michalina Wisłocka, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Igor Gouzenko, and Huseyn Javid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Artur Lundkvist ranks 158Before him are Francis Hong Yong-ho, Zinka Milanov, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Olena Teliha, Harry Hammond Hess, and Raymond Sommer. After him are Fred Lawrence Whipple, H. C. Hansen, Yakov Malik, Endre Kabos, Paul Sacher, and Ulanhu. Among people deceased in 1991, Artur Lundkvist ranks 104Before him are Antoine Berman, Helmut Walcha, Schubert Gambetta, Zino Francescatti, Claude Cahen, and Gino Colaussi. After him are Daigoro Kondo, Miodrag Bulatović, Ho Jong-suk, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, John King Fairbank, and Dead.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Artur Lundkvist ranks 398 out of 1,612Before him are Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), Lennart Nilsson (1922), Sven Lindqvist (1932), Tore Keller (1905), Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710), and Eugène Jansson (1862). After him are Sophie Adlersparre (1823), Anders Dahl (1751), Olof Swartz (1760), Allan Pettersson (1911), Lena Nyman (1944), and Erik Nilsson (1916).

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Artur Lundkvist ranks 34Before him are Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), and Sven Lindqvist (1932). After him are Lars Norén (1944), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), Ulf Stark (1944), and Dagmar Lange (1914).