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Eino Leino

1878 - 1926

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Eino Leino (born Armas Einar Leopold Lönnbohm; 6 July 1878 – 10 January 1926) was a Finnish poet and journalist who is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry and a national poet of Finland. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. Much of his work is in the style of the Kalevala and folk songs in general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eino Leino has received more than 119,583 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Eino Leino is the 1,576th most popular writer (up from 1,824th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Finland (up from 67th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Finnish Writer.

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eino Leino ranks 1,576 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sister Nivedita, Gustav Landauer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Ahmad ibn Mājid, and Alistair MacLean. After him are Ruth Rendell, Jean Chapelain, Alasdair Gray, Dean Koontz, Langston Hughes, and Alexander Polyhistor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Eino Leino ranks 49. Before him are Abdelaziz of Morocco, Slavko Kvaternik, Alexander von Falkenhausen, James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, and Franz Schreker. After him are Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Boris Kustodiev, Manuel L. Quezon, Paul Pelliot, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, and Upton Sinclair. Among people deceased in 1926, Eino Leino ranks 37. Before him are Friedrich von Wieser, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Knut Wicksell, Alphonse Borrelly, Émile Coué, and Ugyen Wangchuck. After him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Théo van Rysselberghe, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Robert Todd Lincoln, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and Nikolay Chkheidze.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eino Leino ranks 59 out of 751. Before him are Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Ville Ritola (1896), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Alexander Stubb (1968), Lasse Virén (1949), and Wäinö Aaltonen (1894). After him are Bengt Holmström (1949), Tarja Turunen (1977), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Bernhard Crusell (1775), Väinö Linna (1920), and Mika Kaurismäki (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Eino Leino ranks 9. Before him are Mika Waltari (1908), Mikael Agricola (1510), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), and Zachris Topelius (1818). After him are Väinö Linna (1920), Juhani Aho (1861), Minna Canth (1844), Pentti Linkola (1932), Fredrika Bremer (1801), and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943).

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