WRITER

Göran Sonnevi

1939 - Today

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Göran Sonnevi (born 3 October 1939 in Lund, Skåne County) is a Swedish poet and translator. Sonnevi grew up in Halmstad; he studied literature and linguistics at the University of Lund, also getting librarian training. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Göran Sonnevi has received more than 20,280 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Göran Sonnevi is the 5,941st most popular writer (down from 5,643rd in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 998th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Och nu!
1967
Dikter 1959-1973
1974
Det oavslutade språket
1972
Mozarts tredje hjärna
1996
Trädet
1991
A child is not a knife
Translations into English, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1993

Page views of Göran Sonnevis by language

Over the past year Göran Sonnevi has had the most page views in the with 3,456 views, followed by English (2,242), and Russian (939). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (112.45%), Polish (20.92%), and Dutch (10.87%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Göran Sonnevi ranks 5,941 out of 7,302. Before him are Mina Loy, Ian Buruma, Zoé Valdés, Wilma Mankiller, Philippe Delerm, and Christian Kracht. After him are Sita Ram Goel, Benny Andersen, Claude Esteban, J. Michael Straczynski, Susan Cooper, and Arvo Valton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Göran Sonnevi ranks 507. Before him are Jose Maria Sison, David Ray Griffin, Murray Rose, Yoseph Imry, Don Williams, and Anne Heggtveit. After him are Zbigniew Namysłowski, Erik Pevernagie, Luis Eyzaguirre, Álvaro Pombo, John Danielsen, and Paride Tumburus.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Göran Sonnevi ranks 1,062 out of 1,879. Before him are Gustaf Lindblom (1891), Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), Peter Forsberg (1973), Anita Gradin (1933), Nils Middelboe (1887), and Evy Berggren (1934). After him are Jimmie Åkesson (1979), Emilia Rydberg (1978), Kenneth Eriksson (1956), Karl Gustafsson (1888), Nils Granfelt (1887), and Anders Limpar (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Göran Sonnevi ranks 84. Before him are Lukas Moodysson (1969), Per Wästberg (1933), Albert Engström (1869), Johan Theorin (1963), Gunnel Vallquist (1918), and Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894). After him are Kristina Lugn (1948), Karin Alvtegen (1965), John Ajvide Lindqvist (1968), Birger Sjöberg (1885), Stig Claesson (1928), and Mikael Niemi (1959).

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