WRITER

Dag Solstad

1941 - Today

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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 137,050 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Dag Solstad is the 2,497th most popular writer (up from 4,980th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Norway (up from 324th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dag Solstad ranks 2,497 out of 7,302. Before him are Yuan Mei, Valery Larbaud, Karin Fossum, Stefan Heym, Walter of Châtillon, and Michael Bishop. After him are Antigonus of Carystus, Maria Gripe, Giovanni de' Bardi, Carlos Marighella, Balthasar Russow, and Herman Gorter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Dag Solstad ranks 198. Before him are Fritz Wepper, Salvador Sadurní, Hagen Kleinert, Jesse Jackson, Dana Ivey, and Francisco Jara. After him are Michael Apted, Boris Vallejo, Kim Hye-ja, Ivanka Khristova, Carla Gravina, and Esther Ofarim.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Dag Solstad ranks 147 out of 1,039. Before him are Euronymous (1968), Per Petterson (1952), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Magnus Carlsen (1990), and Karin Fossum (1954). After him are Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), Egil Danielsen (1933), Belle Gunness (1859), Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068), Peter Waage (1833), and Eystein I of Norway (1088).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Dag Solstad ranks 25. Before him are Thorbjørn Egner (1912), Trygve Gulbranssen (1894), Johan Bojer (1872), Margit Sandemo (1924), Per Petterson (1952), and Karin Fossum (1954). After him are Anne Holt (1958), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Amalie Skram (1846), Petter Dass (1647), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), and Gunnar Staalesen (1947).

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