WRITER

Kjell Askildsen

1929 - 2021

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Kjell Askildsen (30 September 1929 – 23 September 2021) was a Norwegian writer best known for his minimalistic short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kjell Askildsen has received more than 48,779 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kjell Askildsen is the 3,021st most popular writer (down from 1,315th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Norway (down from 68th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

En plutselig frigjørende tanke
1987
Hverdag
1976
Et stort øde landskap
1991
Hundene i Tessaloniki
1996
Ingenting for ingenting
1982
Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten
1984
Everything Like Before
Fiction, short stories (single author)
2021
Davids bror
1957
Omgivelser ; Kulisser
1979
Selected Stories
Translations into English, Fiction, short stories (single author)
2014
Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten
1983
Alt som før
2005
Everything Like Before
Fiction, short stories (single author)
2021
Alt som før
2005
Selected Stories
Translations into English, Fiction, short stories (single author)
2014
Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten
1983
Omgivelser ; Kulisser
1979
Davids bror
1957

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjell Askildsen ranks 3,021 out of 7,302. Before him are Michel Ocelot, Juan Gelman, Åsa Larsson, Bo Carpelan, Antoninus Liberalis, and Marius Maximus. After him are Hans Erich Nossack, Michael Jackson, Andrei Amalrik, Yury Olesha, Thor Vilhjálmsson, and Donna Tartt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Kjell Askildsen ranks 213. Before him are Anastasios of Albania, Nigel Hawthorne, Jack Higgins, François Cheng, Bernard Williams, and Milton Glaser. After him are Péter Palotás, Sixten Jernberg, Horst Frank, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, and Hal Ashby. Among people deceased in 2021, Kjell Askildsen ranks 218. Before him are Isadore Singer, John Miles, Koichi Sugiyama, Branko Mamula, Lars Norén, and Clive Sinclair. After him are Marc Ferro, Yury Vlasov, Roger Hunt, Louis Andriessen, Margitta Gummel, and Lamine Diack.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kjell Askildsen ranks 187 out of 1,039. Before him are Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Lars Korvald (1916), Niels Juel (1629), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), and Haakon Ericsson (995). After him are Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), Henrik Steffens (1773), Nils Christie (1928), Magnus V of Norway (1156), Hans Aanrud (1863), and Max Manus (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Kjell Askildsen ranks 33. Before him are Nordahl Grieg (1902), Amalie Skram (1846), Petter Dass (1647), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), and Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899). After him are Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), Hans Aanrud (1863), Johan Borgen (1902), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), and Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120).

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