WRITER

Ole Lund Kirkegaard

1940 - 1979

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Ole Lund Kirkegaard (29 July 1940, in Aarhus – 24 March 1979) was a Danish writer of children's and youth literature, as well as a teacher. He mainly wrote about the interactions between adults and children. The main character in his books is usually an anti-hero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ole Lund Kirkegaard has received more than 52,254 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Lund Kirkegaard is the 4,645th most popular writer, the 459th most popular biography from Denmark and the 41st most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 4,645 out of 7,302Before him are Zane Grey, Vitaly Bianki, Cerverí de Girona, Erik Hornung, Virginie Ancelot, and Levon Shant. After him are Sarah Kane, Grace Aguilar, Margarita Aliger, Thomas Middleton, Mieke Bal, and Hans Jæger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 346Before him are Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Carole Pateman, Yambo Ouologuem, Gene Pitney, Lorella De Luca, and Jean-Claude Andruet. After him are Peter Gethin, Jacques Higelin, Győző Kulcsár, Eugen Drewermann, Claire Bretécher, and Nguyễn Văn Trỗi. Among people deceased in 1979, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 188Before him are Pyotr Gavrilov, Bernt Evensen, Jan de Klerk, Corinne Griffith, Sigrid Fick, and Gérard Blitz. After him are Michael Wilding, Stan Kenton, Hans von Funck, Maurizio Arena, Nikolai Tikhonov, and Mohamed Akid.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 459 out of 1,032Before him are Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), Knud Kristensen (1880), Jørgen Jørgensen (1780), Pia Kjærsgaard (1947), Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794), and Jan Magnussen (1973). After him are Peter Georg Bang (1797), Ole Ritter (1941), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Albert Küchler (1803), and Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1595).

Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Ole Lund Kirkegaard ranks 41Before him are Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Lise Nørgaard (1917), Ari Behn (1972), Karin Michaëlis (1872), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), and Steen Steensen Blicher (1782). After him are Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), Peer Hultberg (1935), Villy Sørensen (1929), Hans Christian Branner (1903), Carsten Jensen (1952), and Dorrit Willumsen (1940).