WRITER

Johannes V. Jensen

1873 - 1950

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Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [joˈhænˀəs ˈvilhelˀm ˈjensn̩]; 20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950) was a Danish author, known as one of the great Danish writers of the first half of 20th century. He was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes V. Jensen has received more than 120,371 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Johannes V. Jensen is the 260th most popular writer (up from 345th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 35th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Writer.

Johannes V. Jensen is most famous for his novel "The Emperor's New Clothes."

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 17.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Hjulet
1905
Himmerlandshistorier
1933
Det tabte land
1919
Kongens fald
1933
Digte 1906
1966
Himmerlands historier
1905
The waving rye
1958
Kongens fald
Danish Fiction (Prose, Poetry, Drama)
2000
The long journey
1922
Kongens fald
Fiction, History, Fiction, general
1933
Himmerlandshistorier
1933
Lange rejse
1922

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johannes V. Jensen ranks 260 out of 7,302. Before him are François Mauriac, Anna Akhmatova, Shota Rustaveli, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Sallust. After him are Svetlana Alliluyeva, Vladimir Mayakovsky, François de La Rochefoucauld, Jami, Amos Oz, and Salman Rushdie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Johannes V. Jensen ranks 4. Before him are Sergei Rachmaninoff, Thérèse of Lisieux, and Enrico Caruso. After him are Colette, Konstantin von Neurath, Jules Rimet, Alexis Carrel, Thomas Andrews, Luigi Lucheni, Henri Barbusse, and Alfred Jarry. Among people deceased in 1950, Johannes V. Jensen ranks 5. Before him are George Orwell, George Bernard Shaw, Gustaf V of Sweden, and Joseph Schumpeter. After him are Vaslav Nijinsky, Albert Lebrun, Heinrich Mann, Willis Carrier, Marcel Mauss, Norman Haworth, and Vallabhbhai Patel.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johannes V. Jensen ranks 27 out of 1,032. Before him are Sweyn Forkbeard (960), Christian X of Denmark (1870), Sigrid Undset (1882), Frederick VIII of Denmark (1843), Christian II of Denmark (1481), and Alexandra of Denmark (1844). After him are Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946), Christian VIII of Denmark (1786), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Frederick V of Denmark (1723), Frederick VI of Denmark (1768), and Lars von Trier (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Johannes V. Jensen ranks 5. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen (1805), Karen Blixen (1885), Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857), and Sigrid Undset (1882). After him are Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Sven Hassel (1917), Georg Brandes (1842), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), and Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950).

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