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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 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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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Norway

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).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

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).

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