WRITER

Johan Borgen

1902 - 1979

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Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel Lillelord for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Borgen has received more than 40,713 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Johan Borgen is the 3,121st most popular writer (down from 2,842nd in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Norway (down from 158th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Noveller i utvalg 1936-1961
1961
Innbilningens verden
1966
Vi har ham nå
1974
Lillelord
Norwegian fiction, Translations into English
1955
Dager på Grini
Grini (Concentration camp)
1945
Nordahl Grieg
1944

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johan Borgen ranks 3,121 out of 7,302. Before him are Hella Wuolijoki, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Georg Sauerwein, Mike Mentzer, Nahum Goldmann, and Joan Maragall. After him are Fumiko Hayashi, Gisèle Halimi, Demyan Bedny, Pedro Salinas, Yury Tynyanov, and Antoine de Rivarol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Johan Borgen ranks 153. Before him are Max Abegglen, Thomas E. Dewey, Mitrofan Nedelin, Jack Sharkey, Ferdinand Marian, and Vasil Mzhavanadze. After him are Giovanni Colombo, Evelyn Colyer, Adolfo Zumelzú, Viliam Široký, Dutch Schultz, and Sergei Khudyakov. Among people deceased in 1979, Johan Borgen ranks 119. Before him are Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Ita Rina, Ján Kadár, Vsevolod Bobrov, José Della Torre, and Arno Schmidt. After him are Ludwig Renn, Kurt Jooss, Ivar Johansson, Issa Pliyev, John Cromwell, and Catherine Hessling.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Borgen ranks 194 out of 1,039. Before him are Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), Henrik Steffens (1773), Nils Christie (1928), Magnus V of Norway (1156), Hans Aanrud (1863), and Max Manus (1914). After him are Erik Werenskiold (1855), Otto Ruge (1882), Åge Hareide (1953), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Helge Løvland (1890), and Jacob Aall (1773).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Johan Borgen ranks 36. Before him are Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), and Hans Aanrud (1863). After him are Sigurd Hoel (1890), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Hulda Garborg (1862), and Johan Herman Wessel (1742).

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