WRITER

Per Wästberg

1933 - Today

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Per Erik Wästberg (born 20 November 1933) is a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997. Wästberg was born in Stockholm, son of Erik Wästberg and his wife Greta née Hirsch, and holds a degree in literature from Uppsala University. He was editor-in-chief of Sweden's largest daily newspaper, Dagens Nyheter 1976–1982, and has been a contributor since 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Per Wästberg has received more than 50,869 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Per Wästberg is the 5,457th most popular writer (down from 5,448th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 924th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Luftburen
Sweden in fiction, Fiction, Sweden -- Fiction.
1969
Nobel Lectures in Literature (2006-2010)
Literature, modern, history and criticism, 21st century, Nobel prizes
2014
En dag på världsmarknaden
1967
Halva kungariket
1955
De hemliga rummen
Authors, Swedish, Biography, Friends and associates
2006
Förbjudet område
1969

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Per Wästberg ranks 5,457 out of 7,302. Before him are Stratis Myrivilis, Antonio Gamoneda, Jorge de Sena, Fedde Schurer, Richard Scarry, and Jeffrey Eugenides. After him are Petras Cvirka, Algis Budrys, Théodore Aubanel, Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, John Marston, and Eugenio Montejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Per Wästberg ranks 411. Before him are Abdon Pamich, Jean Carnahan, Tony Jay, Judah Folkman, Stan Brakhage, and Viktor Kapitonov. After him are Murray Halberg, Brigitte Reimann, Tim Conway, Conway Twitty, Masae Kasai, and Nicette Bruno.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per Wästberg ranks 906 out of 1,879. Before him are Jonny Nilsson (1943), Göran Malmqvist (1924), Arne Sucksdorff (1917), Lukas Moodysson (1969), Andreas Cervin (1888), and Barbro Kollberg (1917). After him are Ragnar Malm (1893), Stefan Olsdal (1974), Marcus Schenkenberg (1968), Roland Andersson (1950), Irma Johansson (1932), and Nils Östensson (1918).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Per Wästberg ranks 79. Before him are Göran Tunström (1937), Kjell Espmark (1930), Lars Ahlin (1915), Majgull Axelsson (1947), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), and Lukas Moodysson (1969). After him are Albert Engström (1869), Johan Theorin (1963), Gunnel Vallquist (1918), Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894), Göran Sonnevi (1939), and Kristina Lugn (1948).

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