WRITER

Karin Michaëlis

1872 - 1950

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Karin Michaëlis (20 March 1872 – 11 January 1950) was a Danish journalist and author. She is best known for her novels, short stories, and children's books. Over the course of 50 years, Karin Michaëlis wrote more than 50 books in Danish, German, and English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karin Michaëlis has received more than 36,501 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karin Michaëlis is the 4,009th most popular writer, the 398th most popular biography from Denmark and the 38th most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karin Michaëlis ranks 4,009 out of 7,302Before her are Jane Dieulafoy, Akram Aylisli, Cora Sandel, Hans Carossa, Abel Bonnard, and Edith Bruck. After her are Melissa Mathison, Lloyd Alexander, Amir Hamzah, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, Michael Morpurgo, and Kim Sowol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Karin Michaëlis ranks 123Before her are Arthur Blake, Elia Dalla Costa, Selma Rıza, Johan Pitka, Nikola Mushanov, and Lorenzo Perosi. After her are Heber Doust Curtis, Siegmund von Hausegger, Paul-Émile Janson, Léon Delagrange, Barbu Știrbey, and Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein. Among people deceased in 1950, Karin Michaëlis ranks 120Before her are Sami al-Hinnawi, Hiroshi Yoshida, George Kingsley Zipf, Joe Fry, Adolf Meyer, and Fats Navarro. After her are Joseph, Duke of Parma, Alykul Osmonov, Edward Arthur Milne, Ivan Shmelyov, Dirk Coster, and Konrad von Preysing.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Karin Michaëlis ranks 398 out of 1,032Before her are Carl Theodor Zahle (1866), Carl Christian Hall (1812), Kim Vilfort (1962), Urban Gad (1879), Kristian Zahrtmann (1843), and Sofie Gråbøl (1968). After her are Wilhelm Bendz (1804), Jacob Riis (1849), Georg Mohr (1640), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), and Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821).

Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Karin Michaëlis ranks 38Before her are Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Lise Nørgaard (1917), and Ari Behn (1972). After her are Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), Peer Hultberg (1935), and Villy Sørensen (1929).