1941 - Today
Dag Solstad (born 16 July 1941) is a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist whose work has been translated into 20 languages. He has written nearly 30 books and is the only author to have received the Norwegian Literary Critics' Award three times. His awards include the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1969, the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1989, for Roman 1987 and the Brage Prize in 2006 for Armand V. Solstad is among Norway's top-ranked authors of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dag Solstad has received more than 123,954 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Dag Solstad is the 4,997th most popular writer (down from 2,855th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Norway (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Norwegian Writer.
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Among writers, Dag Solstad ranks 4,997 out of 5,755. Before him are Xaviera Hollander, Lukas Moodysson, Layamon, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, and Per Olof Sundman. After him are Melih Cevdet Anday, Fred Saberhagen, Louis Sachar, Ravindra Kelekar, Virgilio Piñera, and Alfhild Agrell.
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 4,991
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 4,992
1200 - 1300
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 4,993
1950 - 2021
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 4,994
1589 - 1670
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 4,995
1922 - 1992
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 4,996
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 4,997
1915 - 2002
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 4,998
1930 - 2007
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 4,999
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 5,000
1925 - 2010
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 5,001
1912 - 1979
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 5,002
1849 - 1923
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 5,003
Among people born in 1941, Dag Solstad ranks 414. Before him are Jackie DeShannon, Anandiben Patel, Nikolai Gubenko, Beatrice Tinsley, Peter Ducke, and Wolfgang Hofmann. After him are ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Renato Corsetti, Dennis Sullivan, Long John Baldry, Liese Prokop, and Kazuo Imanishi.
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 408
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 409
1941 - 2020
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 410
1941 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 411
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 412
1941 - 2020
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 413
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 414
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 415
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 416
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 417
1941 - 2005
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 418
1941 - 2006
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 419
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 420
Among people born in Norway, Dag Solstad ranks 325 out of 927. Before him are Per Borten (1913), Halvard Hanevold (1969), Jørn Andersen (1963), Reidar Andersen (1911), Jan Axel Blomberg (1969), and Tryggve Gran (1888). After him are Magnar Isaksen (1910), Øivind Holmsen (1912), Ferdinand Bie (1888), Lene Nystrøm (1973), Yngvar Bryn (1881), and Knut Knudsen (1950).
1913 - 2005
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 319
1969 - 2019
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 320
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 321
1911 - 1991
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 322
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 323
1888 - 1980
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 324
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 325
1910 - 1979
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 326
1912 - 1996
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 327
1888 - 1961
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 328
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 329
1881 - 1947
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 330
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 331
Among writers born in Norway, Dag Solstad ranks 60. Before him are Jan Kjærstad (1953), Linn Ullmann (1966), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Hulda Garborg (1862), Johan Falkberget (1879), and Inger Hagerup (1905). After him are Arnulf Øverland (1889), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956), and Kjell Ola Dahl (1958).
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 54
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 55
1857 - 1929
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 56
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 57
1879 - 1967
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 58
1905 - 1985
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 59
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 60
1889 - 1968
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 61
1807 - 1873
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 62
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 63
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 64
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 65
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 66