WRITER

Frans Eemil Sillanpää

1888 - 1964

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Frans Eemil Sillanpää (pronounced [frɑns ˈeːmil ˈsilːɑmˌpæː] ; 16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was a Finnish writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans Eemil Sillanpää has received more than 160,078 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Frans Eemil Sillanpää is the 384th most popular writer (up from 488th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Finland (up from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Writer.

Sillanpää is most famous for his novel "Seitsemän veljestä" (Seven Brothers), which was published in the 1930s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 384 out of 7,302. Before him are Julio Cortázar, Georges Bataille, Sergei Yesenin, Jean Genet, Cornelius Nepos, and Elena Ferrante. After him are Mika Waltari, Einhard, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gregory of Tours, Attar of Nishapur, and Alice Munro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 15. Before him are Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Carl Schmitt, Giorgio de Chirico, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Nestor Makhno, and Jean Monnet. After him are Raymond Chandler, John Logie Baird, Roland Garros, C. V. Raman, Herbert Spencer Gasser, and Frits Zernike. Among people deceased in 1964, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 11. Before him are Alma Mahler, Victor Francis Hess, Norbert Wiener, Leo Szilard, Ian Fleming, and Rachel Carson. After him are James Franck, Vasily Grossman, Gerhard Domagk, Palmiro Togliatti, Gerrit Rietveld, and Karl Polanyi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 8 out of 751. Before him are Jean Sibelius (1865), Simo Häyhä (1905), Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Tove Jansson (1914), Sauli Niinistö (1948), and Paavo Nurmi (1897). After him are Mika Waltari (1908), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Lars Ahlfors (1907).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 2. Before him are Tove Jansson (1914). After him are Mika Waltari (1908), Mikael Agricola (1510), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Eino Leino (1878), Väinö Linna (1920), Juhani Aho (1861), and Minna Canth (1844).

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