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Roy Jacobsen

1954 - Today

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Roy Jacobsen (born 26 December 1954) is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is the winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene (The Conquerors) in 1991 and Frost in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Jacobsen has received more than 73,836 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Jacobsen is the 4,268th most popular writer (up from 4,557th in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Norway (up from 278th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 74k

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  • 56.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roy Jacobsen ranks 4,268 out of 7,302. Before him are Joachim Ringelnatz, Rube Goldberg, August Ahlqvist, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Krishan Chander, and Adalet Ağaoğlu. After him are Vladislav Khodasevich, Ciro Alegría, Theodore Abu Qurrah, Chen Zi'ang, Luise Rinser, and Seán O'Casey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Roy Jacobsen ranks 251. Before him are Wolfgang Becker, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Louise Erdrich, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mauro Baldi, and Angelo De Donatis. After him are Hansi Hinterseer, Dragan Vasiljković, Yumi Matsutoya, Torbjörn Nilsson, Hisao Sekiguchi, and Anatoliy Kinakh.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Roy Jacobsen ranks 259 out of 1,039. Before him are Steinar Amundsen (1945), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Olav Duun (1876), Vegard Ulvang (1963), and Tormod Knutsen (1932). After him are Rolf Løvland (1955), Inger Aufles (1941), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), and Harriet Bosse (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Roy Jacobsen ranks 49. Before him are Johan Turi (1854), Alf Prøysen (1914), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), and Olav Duun (1876). After him are Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Olav Aukrust (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), and Hans Jæger (1854).

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