WRITER

Klas Östergren

1955 - Today

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Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel Gentlemen in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, such as Doblougska priset in 1998 and the grand prize by the literary society, Samfundet De Nio in 2005, as well as being nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klas Östergren has received more than 71,002 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Klas Östergren is the 6,417th most popular writer (down from 5,814th in 2019), the 1,211th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,058th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 41.20

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Fantomerna
1978
Fattiga riddare och stora svenskar
1983
Gangsters
Suite, vingt-cinq ans après, de Gentlemen : Maud est morte, l'Envoyé a pris sa retraite. Le narrateur peut alors raconter ce qui s'est réellement passé un quart de siècle auparavant ... --[Memento].
2005
Den sista cigarretten
2009
Gentlemen
Barricaded into a large, gloomy flat in Stockholm, 1979, a battered and frightened young man - Klas Ostergren - writes the story of how he came to this sorry state. But is he a reliable narrator?
1980
Gentlemen
Fiction, historical, Fiction, thrillers, general, World war, 1939-1945, fiction
2007

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Klas Östergren ranks 6,417 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael McClure, Andrew Sarris, Jáchym Topol, Frances Wright, Michal Šanda, and Thomas Hood. After him are Tana French, Jenny Erpenbeck, Barbara Kingsolver, Rick Yancey, Anna Löwenstein, and Jonathan Rosenbaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Klas Östergren ranks 550. Before him are Iain Pears, Marek Dziuba, Gerard Nijboer, Heribert Weber, Philippe Lafontaine, and Steven M. Greer. After him are Barbara Kingsolver, Natalya Petrusyova, David Murray, Dorji Wangmo, Thelma Aldana, and Hans-Jürgen Riediger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Klas Östergren ranks 1,211 out of 1,879. Before him are Simon Aspelin (1974), Stefan Lövgren (1970), Thomas G:son (1968), Martin Hansson (1971), Eva Korpela (1958), and Tomas Johansson (1962). After him are Rami Shaaban (1975), Tove Lo (1987), Örjan Persson (1942), Mercedes Mason (1982), Erik Lindh (1964), and John Guidetti (1992).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Klas Östergren ranks 92. Before him are Karin Alvtegen (1965), John Ajvide Lindqvist (1968), Birger Sjöberg (1885), Stig Claesson (1928), Mikael Niemi (1959), and Sonja Åkesson (1926). After him are Helena Norberg-Hodge (1946), Eva Ström (1947), Martin Österdahl (1973), Rick Falkvinge (1972), Kristina Ohlsson (1979), and Sara Stridsberg (1972).

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