WRITER

Johan Turi

1854 - 1936

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Johan Turi, born Johannes Olsen Thuri also spelt Johan Tuuri or Johan Thuri or Johan Thuuri (March 12, 1854 – November 30, 1936) was the first Sami author to publish a secular work in a Sami language. His first book was called Muitalus sámiid birra ("An Account of the Sami") and tells about the life of people herding reindeer in the Jukkasjärvi region of northern Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. An eclectic and nuanced text, Muitalus includes details on Sami traditions of child rearing, hunting, healing, yoik, and folklore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Turi has received more than 24,720 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Johan Turi is the 3,692nd most popular writer (up from 3,851st in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Norway (up from 233rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 51.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Récit de la vie des Lapons
Sami (European people), Folklore
1974
Lappish texts
1918
Turi's book of Lappland
Folklore, Legends, Sami (European people)
1910
Muiʾtalus sámiid birra
Folklore, Sami (European people)
1965
Das Buch des Lappen Johan Turi
Legends, Sami (European people)
1912
Muitalus sámiid birra
Poropaimentolaisuus, Kansatiede, Saamelaiset
2010

Page views of Johan Turis by language

Over the past year Johan Turi has had the most page views in the with 2,751 views, followed by Swedish (2,228), and Finnish (1,300). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (253.66%), Egyptian Arabic (104.17%), and Basque (91.80%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johan Turi ranks 3,692 out of 7,302. Before him are Oksana Zabuzhko, Louise Penny, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Peter Rosegger, Thomas Friedman, and Robert Leckie. After him are Albert Aurier, Yevhen Hrebinka, Coelius Sedulius, Christiane Rochefort, David Shore, and Diana Mosley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Johan Turi ranks 76. Before him are Hermann von Struve, Franz Rohr von Denta, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Maria Zankovetska, Giovanni Battista Grassi, and Sergei Shchukin. After him are Jenny Nyström, Jules Gilliéron, Cornelis Lely, Yehuda Pen, Joan Alcover, and Nikolai Ruzsky. Among people deceased in 1936, Johan Turi ranks 120. Before him are Konstantinos Demertzis, Josep Sunyol, Conrad Böcker, Edmond Aman-Jean, Wilhelm Solf, and Sergei Shchukin. After him are Blas Infante, Kamala Nehru, Zhang Binglin, Jean Mermoz, Ramiro de Maeztu, and Uchida Kōsai.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Turi ranks 229 out of 1,039. Before him are Helge Ingstad (1899), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Colin Archer (1832), Erling Skakke (1115), and Thorvald Asvaldsson (950). After him are Harald Grønningen (1934), Wenche Myhre (1947), Alf-Inge Håland (1972), Grímur Kamban (801), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), and Alf Prøysen (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Johan Turi ranks 43. Before him are Sigurd Hoel (1890), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Hulda Garborg (1862), and Johan Herman Wessel (1742). After him are Alf Prøysen (1914), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Olav Duun (1876), and Roy Jacobsen (1954).

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