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Benny Andersen

1929 - 2018

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Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018) was a Danish poet, author, songwriter, composer and pianist. He is often remembered for his collaboration with the singer Povl Dissing; together they released an album with Andersen's poems from the collection Svantes viser. This album and Andersen's book "Svantes viser" (Svante's Songs) from 1972 were included by the Danish Ministry of Culture in the Danish Culture Canon in 2006, in the category "Popular music". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Andersen has received more than 58,400 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Benny Andersen is the 5,193rd most popular writer, the 506th most popular biography from Denmark and the 39th most popular Danish Writer.

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  • 58k

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  • 44.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Benny Andersen ranks 5,193 out of 5,755. Before him are Michael Bishop, Elisabeth Eybers, Aleardo Aleardi, J. Michael Straczynski, Elizabeth Hawley, and Sapardi Djoko Damono. After him are Marie NDiaye, Leyla Erbil, John Clare, Guy Gavriel Kay, Snorri Hjartarson, and Marieluise Fleißer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Benny Andersen ranks 403. Before him are Ferdinand Oyono, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Utpal Dutt, Bob Brookmeyer, Sergio Cervato, and Mark Rydell. After him are Saeed Jaffrey, Ralph McQuarrie, Pedro Nájera, Mateja Matevski, Kazimir Hnatow, and Aulis Kallakorpi. Among people deceased in 2018, Benny Andersen ranks 360. Before him are José Antonio Zaldúa, Muhibbe Darga, Shinobu Sekine, Didier Lockwood, Richard DeVos, and Elizabeth Hawley. After him are Ricky Jay, Diana Der Hovanessian, Roy Bentley, Michel Bonnevie, Mateja Matevski, and E. C. George Sudarshan.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Benny Andersen ranks 506 out of 893. Before him are Mogens Frey (1941), Hannibal Sehested (1842), Kim Milton Nielsen (1960), Henrik Larsen (1966), Leif Mortensen (1946), and Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845). After him are Ellen Winther (1933), Jesper Olsen (1961), Michael Rasmussen (1974), Thomas Helveg (1971), Martin Jørgensen (1975), and Flemming Povlsen (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Benny Andersen ranks 39. Before him are Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Ari Behn (1972), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), and Villy Sørensen (1929). After him are Carsten Jensen (1952), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), Pia Tafdrup (1952), Sherin Khankan (1974), and Sandi Toksvig (1958).

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