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Karin Boye

1900 - 1941

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Karin Maria Boye (; 26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karin Boye has received more than 219,015 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Karin Boye is the 1,429th most popular writer (up from 1,828th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 274th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karin Boye ranks 1,429 out of 7,302. Before her are Chico Xavier, Else Lasker-Schüler, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Károly Kerényi, Ihara Saikaku, and Marcel Aymé. After her are Torben Ulrich, Rafael Alberti, Ivan Vazov, Branko Ćopić, Miklós Zrínyi, and Georges Feydeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Karin Boye ranks 66. Before her are Filipp Golikov, Ignazio Silone, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Robert Siodmak, and Aaron Copland. After her are Helene Weigel, Katina Paxinou, Agnes Moorehead, Camille Chamoun, Wilhelm Rediess, and William Heinesen. Among people deceased in 1941, Karin Boye ranks 55. Before her are Franz Gürtner, Ernst Lindemann, Maria Spiridonova, Edwin S. Porter, Gaetano Mosca, and Benjamin Lee Whorf. After her are Henri Cornet, Guido Adler, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Natalie of Serbia, Hjalmar Söderberg, and Charles Huntziger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karin Boye ranks 222 out of 1,879. Before her are Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539), Canute II of Sweden (1200), Jussi Björling (1911), Henrik Larsson (1971), Eva Ekeblad (1724), and Thomas Bartholin (1616). After her are Ingemar Johansson (1932), Georg Brandt (1694), Per Gessle (1959), Hans Rosling (1948), Lena Olin (1955), and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Karin Boye ranks 14. Before her are Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Harry Martinson (1904), Stieg Larsson (1954), Ellen Key (1849), Per Olov Enquist (1934), and Maj Sjöwall (1935). After her are Elsa Beskow (1874), Olaus Petri (1493), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Jan Guillou (1944), and Håkan Nesser (1950).

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