WRITER

Camilla Collett

1813 - 1895

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Jacobine Camilla Collett (née Wergeland; 23 January 1813 – 6 March 1895) was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature. Her younger brother was Major General Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camilla Collett has received more than 87,297 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Camilla Collett is the 1,110th most popular writer (up from 2,832nd in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Norway (up from 156th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Camilla Collett ranks 1,110 out of 7,302. Before her are Bernard Cornwell, Robert Merle, Hélène Cixous, Claudius Aelianus, Tahar Ben Jelloun, and Velimir Khlebnikov. After her are Ethel Voynich, Shi Nai'an, Ellen Key, Yakub Kolas, Henri Michaux, and Bernardino de Sahagún.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Camilla Collett ranks 13. Before her are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Georg Büchner, Henry Bessemer, Charles-Valentin Alkan, John Snow, and Franz Miklosich. After her are Baron Alexander von Bach, Theophil Hansen, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Princess Marie of Orléans, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Princess Josephine of Baden. Among people deceased in 1895, Camilla Collett ranks 19. Before her are Franz von Suppé, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Arthur Cayley, Carl Ludwig, and Nikolai Leskov. After her are Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Frederick Douglass, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Lord Randolph Churchill, Franz Ernst Neumann, and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Camilla Collett ranks 57 out of 1,039. Before her are Sonja Henie (1912), Sverre of Norway (1145), Haakon V of Norway (1270), Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971), Hans Egede (1686), and Halfdan the Black (810). After her are Einar Gerhardsen (1897), Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930), Harald Greycloak (935), Arne Garborg (1851), Alexander Kielland (1849), and Christian Krohg (1852).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Camilla Collett ranks 9. Before her are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Jon Fosse (1959), Jo Nesbø (1960), Ivar Aasen (1813), Ludvig Holberg (1684), and Jostein Gaarder (1952). After her are Arne Garborg (1851), Alexander Kielland (1849), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Jonas Lie (1833), and Herbjørg Wassmo (1942).

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