WRITER

Inger Christensen

1935 - 2009

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Inger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Inger Christensen has received more than 76,843 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Inger Christensen is the 2,261st most popular writer (down from 2,227th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 226th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Danish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The meaning of metafiction
Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, History and criticism
1981
Sommerfugledalen
1991
Det
1969
Det malede værelse
Fiction
1976
Alfabet
Translations into English, Poetry
1981
Evighedsmaskinen
1964

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Inger Christensen ranks 2,261 out of 7,302. Before her are Simon Dach, Johann Nestroy, Édouard Drumont, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Alois Jirásek. After her are Saigyō, Umberto Saba, Jeppe Aakjær, Konstantin Balmont, Andrey Kurkov, and Patrick Pearse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Inger Christensen ranks 140. Before her are Akgün Kaçmaz, Orlando Peçanha, Esther Vilar, Wang Hongwen, Tamara Smirnova, and Helmut Lachenmann. After her are Charles Koch, Kenneth Tsang, Hans Tilkowski, Oleg Tabakov, Yakov Sinai, and Ludmila Belousova. Among people deceased in 2009, Inger Christensen ranks 105. Before her are Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Félix Malloum, Al Martino, Joseph Wiseman, Marilyn Chambers, and Andrew Wyeth. After her are Bea Arthur, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Yves Rocher, Amir Pnueli, Frank McCourt, and John Hughes.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Inger Christensen ranks 232 out of 1,032. Before her are Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Svein Knutsson (1016), Wilhelm Marstrand (1810), Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), and Anker Jørgensen (1922). After her are Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Ludvig Lorenz (1829), Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922), and Erik Scavenius (1877).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Inger Christensen ranks 21. Before her are Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Ole Nydahl (1941), Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), and Kaj Munk (1898). After her are Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Holger Drachmann (1846), Kjeld Abell (1901), Peter Høeg (1957), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), and Jens Baggesen (1764).

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