WRITER

Minna Canth

1844 - 1897

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Minna Canth (Finnish pronunciation: [minːɑ kɑnt]; born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnson; 19 March 1844 – 12 May 1897) was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Minna Canth has received more than 281,821 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Minna Canth is the 2,141st most popular writer (down from 1,932nd in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Finland (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Finnish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

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  • 55.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Taisteleva Minna
1994
Toward equality
Congresses, Feminism, Finnish Americans
1986
Elämässä kiinni
1994
Kauppa-lopo
1964
Valitut teokset
1953
Salakari
1996

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Minna Canth ranks 2,141 out of 7,302. Before her are Salvador de Madariaga, Jean Bolland, Rachel Bluwstein, Sven Nordqvist, Judith Kerr, and Lothar-Günther Buchheim. After her are Raul Hilberg, János Arany, Antonio Skármeta, Osvaldo Moles, Flannery O'Connor, and Oliver Goldsmith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Minna Canth ranks 43. Before her are Mihály Munkácsy, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Édouard Branly, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Princess Françoise of Orléans. After her are Carl Hagenbeck, Vasily Polenov, Eduard Strasburger, Édouard Drumont, Louis Riel, and Lujo Brentano. Among people deceased in 1897, Minna Canth ranks 29. Before her are Galileo Ferraris, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Henry George, and Alexei Savrasov. After her are Léon Boëllmann, Viktor Meyer, David Schwarz, Antonio Bazzini, Fritz Müller, and George Pullman.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Minna Canth ranks 91 out of 751. Before her are Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Yrjö Väisälä (1891), Liisi Oterma (1915), Elissa Aalto (1922), Markku Alén (1951), and Aimo Cajander (1879). After her are Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Matti Järvinen (1909), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Sanna Marin (1985), Pentti Linkola (1932), and Rolf Nevanlinna (1895).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Minna Canth ranks 12. Before her are Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Eino Leino (1878), Väinö Linna (1920), and Juhani Aho (1861). After her are Pentti Linkola (1932), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Bo Carpelan (1926), Paavo Haavikko (1931), and Johannes Linnankoski (1869).

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