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WRITER

Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen

1900 - 1938

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Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (29 November 1900 – 24 March 1938) was a Faroese writer. He has a distinct place in Scandinavian literature, as he is the only Faroese writer to achieve international best-seller status. This status derives from his sole novel, Barbara: Roman (1939; translated, 1948 and 1993), which has the added cachet of being one of the few Scandinavian novels to be translated twice into English within the space of fifty years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen has received more than 38,247 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen is the 4,182nd most popular writer (down from 3,890th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the 4th most popular Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.50

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  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 4,182 out of 5,755Before him are Maria Edgeworth, Beatriz Galindo, Gerbrand Bredero, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Seán O'Casey, and Andrew Marvell. After him are Źmitrok Biadula, Fadwa Tuqan, Jakob Hurt, Anthony Hope, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, and John Piper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 194Before him are Adlai Stevenson II, Pyotr Gavrilov, Richard Hughes, César Espinoza, George Calnan, and Hendrik van Gent. After him are Teodoro Picado Michalski, Roland Penrose, Charles Jewtraw, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Marta Abba, and Ioannis Andreou. Among people deceased in 1938, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 149Before him are Edward M. House, Osip Piatnitsky, Nikolai Gikalo, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Teodor Axentowicz, and Víctor Morales. After him are Steve Bloomer, Georgy Langemak, Grey Owl, Yevgeny Polivanov, Clarence Darrow, and Miguel Fleta.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 5 out of 25Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860), William Heinesen (1900), Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), and Símun av Skarði (1872). After him are Ruth Smith (1913), Heðin Brú (1901), Christian Matras (1900), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Marita Petersen (1940), Rói Patursson (1947), and Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983).

Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

Among writers born in Faroe Islands, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen ranks 4Before him are William Heinesen (1900), Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), and Símun av Skarði (1872). After him are Heðin Brú (1901), Christian Matras (1900), Rói Patursson (1947), and Jakob Jakobsen (1864).