WRITER

Jonas Lie

1833 - 1908

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Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie (Norwegian: [liː]; 6 November 1833 – 5 July 1908) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland, is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonas Lie has received more than 17,566 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Jonas Lie is the 1,569th most popular writer (up from 1,898th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Norway (up from 100th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.88

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  • 2.19

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Notable Works

Weird tales from Northern seas
Translations into English, Danish Fantasy fiction, Danish Sea stories
1969
Weird Tales from Northern Seas from the Danish of Jonas Lie
2005
The Pilot and his Wife
1876
One of Life's Slaves
Fiction
1895
The Visionary Or Pictures From Nordland
2005

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jonas Lie ranks 1,569 out of 7,302. Before him are Konstantin Simonov, Anna de Noailles, Philippe de Commines, Hugh Lofting, Robert Brasillach, and Jean-François Marmontel. After him are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sister Nivedita, Gustav Landauer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Ahmad ibn Mājid, and Alistair MacLean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Jonas Lie ranks 19. Before him are Eugen Dühring, Léon Bonnat, Charles George Gordon, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Edward Burne-Jones, and Prince Gong. After him are Kido Takayoshi, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Carola of Vasa, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. Among people deceased in 1908, Jonas Lie ranks 25. Before him are Wilhelm Busch, Mikhail Chigorin, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Enomoto Takeaki, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, and Pat Garrett. After him are Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, Khudiram Bose, John of Kronstadt, Dersu Uzala, Eduard Zeller, and Tomás Estrada Palma.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jonas Lie ranks 85 out of 1,039. Before him are Anders Behring Breivik (1979), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Jan Garbarek (1947), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), and Thorleif Haug (1894). After him are Axel Paulsen (1855), Johan Svendsen (1840), Odvar Nordli (1927), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Arne Næss (1912), and Erna Solberg (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jonas Lie ranks 14. Before him are Jostein Gaarder (1952), Camilla Collett (1813), Arne Garborg (1851), Alexander Kielland (1849), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), and Tarjei Vesaas (1897). After him are Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Jørgen Moe (1813), Dagny Juel (1867), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), and Trygve Gulbranssen (1894).

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