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 14,623 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Matti Yrjänä Joensuu is the 6,262nd most popular writer (down from 5,786th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Finland (down from 398th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Finnish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Harjunpää ja heimolaiset
1984
Harjunpää ja rakkauden lait
1985
Harjunpää ja pahan pappi
2007
Harjunpää ja rakkauden nälka
1993
Harjunpää ja pyromaani
1978
Harjunpää ja poliisin poika
1983

Page views of Matti Yrjänä Joensuus by language

Over the past year Matti Yrjänä Joensuu has had the most page views in the with 9,183 views, followed by English (1,230), and French (706). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (43.83%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (37.60%), and Zazaki (34.97%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 6,262 out of 7,302. Before him are Studs Terkel, Michael Chabon, Alex Yermolinsky, Dorothy Richardson, Aleksandar Hemon, and Philip G. Epstein. After him are Derek Taylor, Lauren Weisberger, Renata Viganò, Gita Mehta, Athol Fugard, and Ingvar Ambjørnsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 657. Before him are Gerrit Graham, Borivoje Đorđević, Trevor Brooking, Howard Dean, Mao Chi-kuo, and Roland Hattenberger. After him are Elliott Abrams, Kristina Hautala, John Evan, Anders Wejryd, Aleksandr Kabanov, and Sam Lacey. Among people deceased in 2011, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 437. Before him are Pauline Betz, Angela Scoular, Gordon Tootoosis, Iztok Puc, Mike Starr, and Aloysius Ambrozic. After him are Pavle Jurina, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Tom Aldredge, Masushi Ouchi, Sada Thompson, and Kathy Kirby.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 431 out of 751. Before him are Jari-Matti Latvala (1985), Lassi Parkkinen (1917), Riki Sorsa (1952), Jani Soininen (1972), Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), and Teemu Pukki (1990). After him are Jutta Urpilainen (1975), Ari-Pekka Nikkola (1969), Carita Holmström (1954), Risto Laakkonen (1967), Aarne Pohjonen (1886), and Jasper Pääkkönen (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 38. Before him are Katri Vala (1901), Leena Krohn (1947), Hannu Salama (1936), Monika Fagerholm (1961), Simo Puupponen (1915), and Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921). After him are Kari Hotakainen (1957), Arvi Pohjanpää (1887), Jenni Haukio (1977), Johanna Sinisalo (1958), and Leena Lehtolainen (1964).

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