WRITER

Harry Martinson

1904 - 1978

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Harry Martinson (6 May 1904 – 11 February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Martinson has received more than 220,067 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Harry Martinson is the 570th most popular writer (up from 609th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 84th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Writer.

Harry Martinson is most famous for his poetry, which is often characterized by its use of the Swedish language and its focus on the natural world.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Harry Martinson ranks 570 out of 7,302. Before him are Sidney Sheldon, A. A. Milne, Faxian, Romain Gary, William S. Burroughs, and Al-Zamakhshari. After him are Gaius Julius Hyginus, Jaroslav Seifert, Laurence Sterne, Denis of Portugal, Sayat-Nova, and James Baldwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Harry Martinson ranks 22. Before him are Graham Greene, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Karl Brandt, René Lacoste, Pavel Cherenkov, and Hans Albert Einstein. After him are Louis Néel, Glenn Miller, Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, Luis Carrero Blanco, and Witold Gombrowicz. Among people deceased in 1978, Harry Martinson ranks 17. Before him are Adolf Dassler, Umberto Nobile, Ramón Mercader, Anastas Mikoyan, Ricardo Zamora, and John Cazale. After him are Kurt Student, Houari Boumédiène, Margaret Mead, Willy Messerschmitt, Ronnie Peterson, and Vincent du Vigneaud.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Harry Martinson ranks 81 out of 1,879. Before him are Hannes Alfvén (1908), Sven Hedin (1865), Eric IX of Sweden (1120), Olof Skötkonung (980), Eric the Victorious (945), and Marie Taglioni (1804). After him are Hugo Theorell (1903), Axel Oxenstierna (1583), Kai Siegbahn (1918), Charles VIII of Sweden (1409), Kurt Hamrin (1934), and Birger Jarl (1210).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Harry Martinson ranks 9. Before him are August Strindberg (1849), Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Henning Mankell (1948), Eyvind Johnson (1900), and Verner von Heidenstam (1859). After him are Stieg Larsson (1954), Ellen Key (1849), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Karin Boye (1900), and Elsa Beskow (1874).

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