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J. Bernlef

1937 - 2012

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Hendrik Jan Marsman (14 January 1937 – 29 October 2012), better known by his pen name, J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous literary awards, including the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1984 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1994, both of which were for his work as a whole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Bernlef has received more than 40,886 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). J. Bernlef is the 4,817th most popular writer (up from 4,820th in 2019), the 707th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 698th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 41k

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  • 45.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. Bernlef ranks 4,817 out of 5,755. Before him are Charles Williams, Archibald MacLeish, Mari Jungstedt, Jack Finney, Stratis Myrivilis, and Rosa Mayreder. After him are Henry Lincoln, Semir Osmanagić, Ernest Lehman, Robert Lowell, Aminata Sow Fall, and Manuel Curros Enríquez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, J. Bernlef ranks 352. Before him are Regimantas Adomaitis, Mirko Marjanović, Anatoly Karatsuba, Wilbur Ross, Vladimir Makanin, and Bruno Mora. After him are Richard H. Truly, Teresa Ciepły, Lothar Späth, Francisco Gabica, Nina Companeez, and Hans Cieslarczyk. Among people deceased in 2012, J. Bernlef ranks 287. Before him are Barney McKenna, Roland Moreno, Leila Denmark, Lennart Samuelsson, Kurt Maetzig, and Emmanuel Scheffer. After him are Nils Karlsson, Igor Kvasha, Luis Aponte Martínez, Arkady Vorobyov, Claude Cheysson, and Piermario Morosini.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, J. Bernlef ranks 707 out of 1,427. Before him are Eddy Pieters Graafland (1934), Doutzen Kroes (1985), Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), Thea Beckman (1923), André Hazes (1951), and Jan de Hartog (1914). After him are Alex van Warmerdam (1952), Greetje Kauffeld (1939), Ernie Brandts (1956), Femke Halsema (1966), Khalid Boulahrouz (1981), and Ireen Wüst (1986).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, J. Bernlef ranks 41. Before him are Herman Heijermans (1864), Aagje Deken (1741), Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860), Nicolaas Beets (1814), Thea Beckman (1923), and Jan de Hartog (1914). After him are Anna Enquist (1945), Albert Mol (1917), Henriette Roland Holst (1869), Willem Bilderdijk (1756), Hendrik Marsman (1899), and J. Slauerhoff (1898).

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