WRITER

Martin Andersen Nexø

1869 - 1954

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Martin Andersen Nexø (26 June 1869 – 1 June 1954) was a Danish writer. He was one of the authors in the Modern Breakthrough movement in Danish art and literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Andersen Nexø has received more than 98,627 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Martin Andersen Nexø is the 1,054th most popular writer (up from 1,101st in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 120th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Danish Writer.

Martin Andersen Nexø is most famous for his novel "Niels Lyhne" which was published in 1894. The novel is about a man who is unable to cope with the death of his father and commits suicide.

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  • 99k

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  • 66.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Andersen Nexø ranks 1,054 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Bourget, Emanuel Schikaneder, Giambattista Marino, Henri Troyat, Tess Gerritsen, and Ján Kollár. After him are Zhuanxu, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ernst Barlach, Adalbert Stifter, Ibn Sirin, and Zelda Fitzgerald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Martin Andersen Nexø ranks 31. Before him are Kasturba Gandhi, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Emilio Aguinaldo, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Albert Roussel, and Francisco Largo Caballero. After him are Óscar Carmona, Bogd Khan, Max Hoffmann, Pyotr Krasnov, Henri Désiré Landru, and Carl Schuhmann. Among people deceased in 1954, Martin Andersen Nexø ranks 25. Before him are Jacinto Benavente, Léon Jouhaux, Lucien Tesnière, The French Angel, Clemens Krauss, and Hannes Meyer. After him are Auguste Perret, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sadriddin Ayni, Ivan Ilyin, and Thea von Harbou.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Martin Andersen Nexø ranks 117 out of 1,032. Before him are Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873), Boetius of Dacia (1240), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), and Anna Ancher (1859). After him are Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Erik Bruhn (1928), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Asger Jorn (1914), and Louis Hjelmslev (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Martin Andersen Nexø ranks 13. Before him are Sven Hassel (1917), Georg Brandes (1842), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), and Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950). After him are Torben Ulrich (1928), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Ole Nydahl (1941), Herman Bang (1857), and Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621).

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