WRITER

Kjell Espmark

1930 - 2022

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Kjell Erik Espmark (19 February 1930 – 18 September 2022) was a Swedish writer, literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy, and Professor of the History of Literature at Stockholm University. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 5 March 1981 and admitted on 20 December 1981. Kjell Espmark succeeded the linguist Elias Wessén to Seat No.16. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kjell Espmark has received more than 55,544 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kjell Espmark is the 5,240th most popular writer (up from 5,441st in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 921st in 2019) and the 74th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

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  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Den inre rymden
2014
Outside the calendar
2012
El espacio interior
2015
Litteraturpriset
Literary prizes, History, Nobel Prizes
2001
Béla Bartók against the Third Reich
1985
Harry Martinson erövrar sitt språk
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjell Espmark ranks 5,240 out of 7,302. Before him are Ælfric of Eynsham, George Călinescu, Alexander Ablesimov, Leo Buscaglia, Áron Tamási, and Sergei Lukyanenko. After him are Tua Forsström, Katherine Neville, Georg Calixtus, Ahmet Haşim, Thomas Ligotti, and Kim Myeong-sun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kjell Espmark ranks 442. Before him are Richard Davalos, Carmelo Cedrún, Michael J. Adams, Ramón Alberto Villaverde, Renato Ruggiero, and Catherine Hardy Lavender. After him are Vytautas Žalakevičius, Rolf Harris, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Jacqueline du Bief, Patricia Jones, and Prawitz Öberg. Among people deceased in 2022, Kjell Espmark ranks 401. Before him are Carlo Galli, Rex Cawley, Lyubov Panchenko, Ajdar Ismailov, Robert Boutigny, and Alain Krivine. After him are Mišo Cebalo, Bahaa Taher, Evert Gunnarsson, Vira Vovk, Günter Lamprecht, and Ken Starr.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kjell Espmark ranks 848 out of 1,879. Before him are Esbjörn Svensson (1964), Inga Gentzel (1908), Tim Sköld (1966), Göran Tunström (1937), Erik Almgren (1908), and Anders Svensson (1976). After him are Puma Swede (1976), Ingvar Gärd (1921), Tor Johnson (1902), Johan Elmander (1981), Nils Täpp (1917), and Stellan Bengtsson (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Kjell Espmark ranks 74. Before him are Peter Englund (1957), Frank Heller (1886), Dagny Carlsson (1912), Per Olof Sundman (1922), Mats Wahl (1945), and Göran Tunström (1937). After him are Lars Ahlin (1915), Majgull Axelsson (1947), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), Lukas Moodysson (1969), Per Wästberg (1933), and Albert Engström (1869).

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