WRITER

Pentti Saarikoski

1937 - 1983

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Pentti Saarikoski (Impilahti, now in the Republic of Karelia September 2, 1937 – Joensuu August 24, 1983) was a Finnish poet. He is considered one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pentti Saarikoski has received more than 42,383 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pentti Saarikoski is the 5,423rd most popular writer (down from 4,905th in 2019), the 2,057th most popular biography from Russia and the 250th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
English poetry, Finnish poetry, Translations from Finnish
1967
Dances of the Obscure
1987
Asiaa tai ei
Diaries, Finnish Authors
1980
Aika prahassa
1967
Alue
1973
Trilogy
2002
Onnen aika
Euroopan reuna
1982
Aika prahassa
1967
Poems
English poetry, Finnish poetry, Translations from Finnish
1967
Tanssiinkutsu
1980
Trilogy
Finnish language, Poetry
2002

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pentti Saarikoski ranks 5,423 out of 7,302. Before him are Yuri Nagibin, Mary Sidney, Johan Falkberget, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Anton Donchev, and Anton Aškerc. After him are Alain Decaux, José Luandino Vieira, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Astrid Ivask, Nikolai Aseev, and John Clare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Pentti Saarikoski ranks 415. Before him are Christian de Chalonge, Alberto Sainz, Jerry Weintraub, David Margulies, Francesco Janich, and Claes Andersson. After him are Edward Ruscha, Duane Jones, George Kerr, Carlo Mattrel, Todd Armstrong, and Claude Allègre. Among people deceased in 1983, Pentti Saarikoski ranks 213. Before him are Claude Papi, Constantino Urbieta Sosa, Richard Llewellyn, Carlo Orlandi, Nikolaus Pevsner, and Bronisław Kaper. After him are Georges Spénale, Christopher George, Anthony van Hoboken, Paul Fix, Ernest Libérati, and Kenneth Clark.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pentti Saarikoski ranks 2,057 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Somov (1908), Yuri Nagibin (1920), Gadzhi Gadzhiyev (1945), Viktor Kapitonov (1933), Vladimir Gostyukhin (1946), and Ivan Bortnik (1939). After him are Denis Cheryshev (1990), Yelena Davydova (1961), Nikolai Aseev (1889), Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Oxana Fedorova (1977), and Andrey Belousov (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Pentti Saarikoski ranks 250. Before him are Sergey Gorodetsky (1884), Majit Gafuri (1880), Vikenty Veresaev (1867), Ksenia Sobchak (1981), Abdulla Aliş (1908), and Yuri Nagibin (1920). After him are Nikolai Aseev (1889), Algis Budrys (1931), Lev Kassil (1905), Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), and Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879).

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