WRITER

Cornelis Vreeswijk

1937 - 1987

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Cornelis Vreeswijk (; ; 8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter and poet. He emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was educated as a social worker and hoped to become a journalist, but became increasingly involved in music, performing at events for students with idiosyncratic humor and social engagement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelis Vreeswijk has received more than 247,472 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Cornelis Vreeswijk is the 3,106th most popular writer (down from 2,565th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 397th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Dutch Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

I stället för vykort
1974
Felicias svenska suite
1978
En handfull gräs
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 3,106 out of 7,302. Before him are Zacharias Werner, Hans Aanrud, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Jean-Christophe Grangé, Ken Robinson, and Sohrab Sepehri. After him are Maria Dąbrowska, Steve Berry, Koriun, Abraham Goldfaden, Olga Bergholz, and Andrei Sinyavsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 233. Before him are Giovanni Arrighi, Cēzars Ozers, Wanda Jackson, Ada Rogovtseva, Giacomo Rizzolatti, and Lois Lowry. After him are Mehdi Karroubi, Edita Piekha, David Mumford, Keiko Abe, Harry Wu, and Milutin Šoškić. Among people deceased in 1987, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 112. Before him are Bengt Strömgren, Stanisław Szukalski, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Gustav Fröhlich, Adile Naşit, and Norman McLaren. After him are Arkady Raikin, Georges Franju, Bronisława Wajs, René Lévesque, Dmitry Lelyushenko, and Patrick Troughton.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 506 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerald Vanenburg (1964), Jan Wouters (1960), Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821), Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591), Floor Jansen (1981), and Derek de Lint (1950). After him are Dirck Coornhert (1522), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Lodewijk van Heiden (1773), Willem Drost (1633), Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621), and Roméo Dallaire (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 22. Before him are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Jan Luyken (1649), Macropedius (1487), Louis Couperus (1863), and Gerard Reve (1923). After him are Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), and Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792).

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