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Olav Duun

1876 - 1939

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Olav Duun (21 November 1876 – 13 September 1939) was a writer of Norwegian fiction. He is generally recognized to be one of the more outstanding writers in Norwegian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olav Duun has received more than 36,067 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Olav Duun is the 4,271st most popular writer (down from 4,146th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 280th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olav Duun ranks 4,271 out of 5,755. Before him are Alan Bennett, Anita Loos, Abbas Sahhat, William Gaddis, André Schwarz-Bart, and Francis Marrash. After him are Raymond Schwartz, Félicien Marceau, Ferdinand Bruckner, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, C. L. Moore, and Jean Tardieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Olav Duun ranks 136. Before him are Max O. Lorenz, Stylianos Gonatas, Pantelis Karasevdas, Paul Rivet, Willem Hendrik Keesom, and Nikolay Burdenko. After him are John Marshall, Elmer Drew Merrill, Marvin Hart, Felix Jacoby, Gwen John, and Edgar Evans. Among people deceased in 1939, Olav Duun ranks 110. Before him are Fausto dos Santos, Frank Wild, Germán Busch, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Władysław Raginis, and Ursula Ledóchowska. After him are Sidney Howard, Gwen John, Har Dayal, Otto Siffling, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, and Boris Grigoriev.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Olav Duun ranks 262 out of 927. Before him are Sigmund Ruud (1907), Alf Andersen (1906), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Berit Mørdre (1940), Therese Johaug (1988), and Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969). After him are Jan P. Syse (1930), Knut Johannesen (1933), Cort Adeler (1622), Vegard Ulvang (1963), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), and Axel Thue (1863).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Olav Duun ranks 48. Before him are Johan Turi (1854), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Johan Bojer (1872), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Knud Knudsen (1812), and Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866). After him are Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Olav Aukrust (1883), and Jan Kjærstad (1953).

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