WRITER

Bo Carpelan

1926 - 2011

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Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his PhD in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bo Carpelan has received more than 34,664 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Bo Carpelan is the 3,018th most popular writer (down from 2,794th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Finland (down from 111th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Finnish Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

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  • 2.26

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Notable Works

Urwind
1993
Julius Blom - Bvr 111 -
1992
I De Morka Rummen I De Ljusa
1998
Blad ur höstens arkiv
2011
Axel
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bo Carpelan ranks 3,018 out of 7,302. Before him are Anšlavs Eglītis, Thomas of Britain, Titus Burckhardt, Michel Ocelot, Juan Gelman, and Åsa Larsson. After him are Antoninus Liberalis, Marius Maximus, Kjell Askildsen, Hans Erich Nossack, Michael Jackson, and Andrei Amalrik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Bo Carpelan ranks 197. Before him are André Delvaux, Genrich Altshuller, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Ladislav Adamec, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, and Marian Jaworski. After him are Juan José Linz, Klaus Tennstedt, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Jean Peters, and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo. Among people deceased in 2011, Bo Carpelan ranks 156. Before him are Norio Ohga, Kurt Sanderling, Claude Choules, Sven Tumba, Bernd Eichinger, and Koichi Tohei. After him are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Sena Jurinac, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Randy Savage, Mohamed Bouazizi, and Ladislav Novák.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Bo Carpelan ranks 128 out of 751. Before him are Sami Hyypiä (1973), Kati Outinen (1961), Timo Salonen (1951), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), and Albin Stenroos (1889). After him are Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873), Juho Vennola (1872), Leo Kinnunen (1943), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Aimo Lahti (1896), and Elias Katz (1901).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Bo Carpelan ranks 16. Before him are Väinö Linna (1920), Juhani Aho (1861), Minna Canth (1844), Pentti Linkola (1932), Fredrika Bremer (1801), and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943). After him are Paavo Haavikko (1931), Johannes Linnankoski (1869), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Sofi Oksanen (1977), and August Ahlqvist (1826).

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