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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 66,612 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Roy Jacobsen is the 4,572nd most popular writer (up from 4,685th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Norway (up from 332nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 46.74

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  • 19

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  • 6.10

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  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roy Jacobsen ranks 4,572 out of 5,755Before him are Joe Eszterhas, Michel Déon, Ludwig Thoma, Ndre Mjeda, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, and Javier Cercas. After him are Ludwig Bechstein, Hiromi Kawakami, Richard Powers, David Weber, Hans Nielsen Hauge, and Eleanor Farjeon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Roy Jacobsen ranks 286Before him are Yoshiichi Watanabe, Michael Sembello, Ted DiBiase, Zhong Shanshan, Mauro Baldi, and Elliot Goldenthal. After him are Rosi Braidotti, Murat Karayılan, Dmitry Kiselyov, Bob Weinstein, Torbjörn Nilsson, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr..

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Roy Jacobsen ranks 279 out of 927Before him are Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Adolph Tidemand (1814), John Lyng (1905), Paul Egede (1708), and Sam Eyde (1866). After him are Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), John Arne Riise (1980), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Gunnar Sønsteby (1918), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), and Ståle Solbakken (1968).

Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Roy Jacobsen ranks 51Before him are Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Knud Knudsen (1812), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Olav Duun (1876), Erlend Loe (1969), and Jens Bjørneboe (1920). After him are Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Olav Aukrust (1883), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Linn Ullmann (1966), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), and Hulda Garborg (1862).