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WRITER

Matti Yrjänä Joensuu

1948 - 2011

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Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (31 October 1948, in Helsinki, Finland – 4 December 2011, in Valkeakoski, Finland) was a Finnish writer of crime fiction. He has been awarded the State's Literature Prize (1982), Vuoden johtolanka prize (1985, 1994, 2004), and he has been nominated for two Finlandias. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matti Yrjänä Joensuu has received more than 14,736 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Matti Yrjänä Joensuu is the 5,808th most popular writer (down from 5,163rd in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from Finland (down from 306th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Finnish Writer.

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  • 39.94

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 5,808 out of 5,755. Before him are Thomas Percy, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Lauren Weisberger, Susan Glaspell, Patrick Kavanagh, and Gregory Colbert. After him are Guillermo Martínez, Angus Wilson, George Saunders, Tillie Olsen, Henry Vaughan, and Tana French.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 608. Before him are Rubén Glaria, Sue Monk Kidd, David Davis, Howard Dean, Neil Warnock, and Sergio Ahumada. After him are S. E. Hinton, Gustavo de Simone, Mao Chi-kuo, Byron K. Lichtenberg, Andy Fairweather Low, and István Szívós. Among people deceased in 2011, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 407. Before him are Mike Starr, Frank Kameny, Chris Lawrence, Knut Steen, Aloysius Ambrozic, and Laura Ziskin. After him are Ronald Searle, H. R. F. Keating, Ignacio Flores, Len Lesser, Salvatore Licitra, and Annette Charles.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 400 out of 642. Before him are Magnus Lindberg (1958), Erkki Liikanen (1950), Anna Falchi (1972), Jari-Matti Latvala (1985), Eeva Ruoppa (1932), and Linde Lindström (1976). After him are Roope Latvala (1970), Raimo Helminen (1964), Rauno Miettinen (1949), Esa Tikkanen (1965), Jani Soininen (1972), and Matti Hautamäki (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 36. Before him are Leena Krohn (1947), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Simo Puupponen (1915), Sam Lake (1970), Kari Hotakainen (1957), and Arvi Pohjanpää (1887). After him are Monika Fagerholm (1961), Johanna Sinisalo (1958), Leena Lehtolainen (1964), and Jenni Haukio (1977).

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