WRITER

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

1943 - 2001

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Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Áilu in the Northern Sámi language and with the stage name of Áillohaš (23 March 1943 – 26 November 2001), was a Finnish-born Norwegian Sámi writer, musician and artist. He was one of the most internationally recognised contributors of Sámi culture. He was mostly known for his joiks and poems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää has received more than 98,094 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Nils-Aslak Valkeapää is the 2,454th most popular writer (down from 2,422nd in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Finland (down from 96th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Finnish Writer.

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  • 60.89

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää ranks 2,454 out of 7,302. Before him are E. Nesbit, Chariton, Didymus Chalcenterus, Claude Farrère, Philostratus of Lemnos, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos. After him are Predrag Matvejević, Léon Werth, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Parthenius of Nicaea, Guan Hanqing, and Gottschalk of Orbais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää ranks 216. Before him are Sirajuddin of Perlis, Muhammad al-Sadr, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Kazimira Prunskienė, Albert Pintat, and Mark Granovetter. After him are Winston Groom, Christopher Priest, Georgi Asparuhov, Jil Sander, Lauren Hutton, and Terry Venables. Among people deceased in 2001, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää ranks 94. Before him are Margaret Scriven, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Mauro Bolognini, Kristina Söderbaum, Mortimer J. Adler, and Renato Carosone. After him are Alexey Maresyev, Stefan Heym, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Ken Tyrrell, Alexei Tupolev, and Isao Inokuma.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää ranks 105 out of 751. Before him are Väinö Tanner (1881), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Alexander von Nordmann (1803), Renny Harlin (1959), and Jörn Donner (1933). After him are Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), Oskar Merikanto (1868), Mika Salo (1966), Matti Vanhanen (1955), Anders Chydenius (1729), and Lauri Ingman (1868).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää ranks 15. Before him are Eino Leino (1878), Väinö Linna (1920), Juhani Aho (1861), Minna Canth (1844), Pentti Linkola (1932), and Fredrika Bremer (1801). After him are Bo Carpelan (1926), Paavo Haavikko (1931), Johannes Linnankoski (1869), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), and Sofi Oksanen (1977).

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