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Gerrit Achterberg

1905 - 1962

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Gerrit Achterberg (20 May 1905 – 17 January 1962) was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death. Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of eight children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerrit Achterberg has received more than 27,570 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gerrit Achterberg is the 5,746th most popular writer (down from 5,446th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 820th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gerrit Achterberg ranks 5,746 out of 7,302. Before him are Darya Dontsova, Alberto Bevilacqua, Ann Rule, Ivan Tavčar, Mateja Matevski, and Miguel Mihura. After him are Dina Rubina, Mulk Raj Anand, Margaret Mahy, Thomas Brezina, Gianni Celati, and Gardner Dozois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Gerrit Achterberg ranks 331. Before him are Anna Chandy, Sheikh Abdullah, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Dragutin Tadijanović, T. Keith Glennan, and Miguel Mihura. After him are Mulk Raj Anand, Raúl Fernández, Sam Zimbalist, José Nehin, Jules Pappaert, and René Lemoine. Among people deceased in 1962, Gerrit Achterberg ranks 194. Before him are Jorma Valkama, Victor Sonnemans, John Rimmer, Harmodio Arias Madrid, André Roosevelt, and Charles Reisner. After him are Frank Hurley, Clara Blandick, Robinson Jeffers, William Beebe, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, and Jean Brichaut.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerrit Achterberg ranks 893 out of 1,646. Before him are Wilhelmina Drucker (1847), André Kuipers (1958), Hardwell (1988), Nathan Aké (1995), Kees Verkerk (1942), and Toon Oprinsen (1910). After him are Chris Berger (1911), Joseph Bruyère (1948), Davy Klaassen (1993), Eppie Wietzes (1938), Euclid Tsakalotos (1960), and John van Loen (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Gerrit Achterberg ranks 56. Before him are J. Bernlef (1937), Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881), Meindert DeJong (1906), Hendrik Marsman (1899), Guus Kuijer (1942), and J. Slauerhoff (1898). After him are Ian Buruma (1951), Michel Faber (1960), Renate Dorrestein (1954), Gerbrand Bakker (1962), Arnon Grunberg (1971), and Jan van Steenbergen (1970).

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