WRITER

Lars Norén

1944 - 2021

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Lars Göran Ingemar Norén (9 April 1944 – 26 January 2021) was a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet. He was a director at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, artistic director of Riksteatern 1999–2007, and artistic director of Folkteatern in Gothenburg 2009–2012. Norén is commonly acknowledged as the foremost Swedish playwright since August Strindberg, and the great contemporary Nordic playwright alongside Jon Fosse. His dramatic work has been performed widely throughout Europe as well as in China and South America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Norén is the 2,785th most popular writer (up from 3,008th in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 418th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Swedish Writer.

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Over the past year Lars Norén has had the most page views in the Swedish wikipedia edition with 25,476 views, followed by English (7,014), and French (2,951). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (100.00%), Spanish (96.81%), and Chinese (71.11%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lars Norén ranks 2,785 out of 7,302Before him are Thomas Otway, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Salama Moussa, Countess of Ségur, and Shakuntala Devi. After him are Taliesin, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Vince Gilligan, Nemesianus, Ada Negri, and Vilis Lācis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Lars Norén ranks 296Before him are Eddie Gómez, Peter Bieri, Robert Hanssen, Christine Chubbuck, Sandra Faber, and Bo Larsson. After him are Geoffrey Hughes, Jacques-Alain Miller, Rebecca Horn, Carlos Pachamé, Whitfield Diffie, and Wolfgang Weber. Among people deceased in 2021, Lars Norén ranks 210Before him are Andrey Myagkov, Vasily Lanovoy, Françoise Arnoul, Ronald Inglehart, Roger Hunt, and Stephen Sondheim. After him are Goodwill Zwelithini, Danilo Popivoda, Edward Cassidy, Jovenel Moïse, Lamine Diack, and Eric Carle.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lars Norén ranks 416 out of 1,879Before him are Rolf Lassgård (1955), Bo Larsson (1944), Staffan de Mistura (1947), Christina Nilsson (1843), Mikael Persbrandt (1963), and Jonas Jonasson (1961). After him are Ralf Edström (1952), Ola Ullsten (1931), Kennet Andersson (1967), Alice Babs (1924), Johan Tobias Sergel (1740), and Peter Artedi (1705).

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Lars Norén ranks 32Before him are Esaias Tegnér (1782), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Viveca Sten (1959), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), and Jonas Jonasson (1961). After him are Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Kerstin Ekman (1933), and Marianne Fredriksson (1927).