PHILOSOPHER

Sara Danius

1962 - 2019

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Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019) was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University, docent of literature at Uppsala University and professor in literary science at Stockholm University. Danius was a member of the Swedish Academy and its first female permanent secretary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sara Danius has received more than 235,080 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Sara Danius is the 1,195th most popular philosopher (down from 1,126th in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 908th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Philosopher.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Sara Danius ranks 1,195 out of 1,267. Before her are Papirius Fabianus, Quentin Meillassoux, Hendrik Adamson, Robert Brandom, Stanley Jaki, and William Alston. After her are James Burnham, Ernest Belfort Bax, Alexander Berzin, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Nick Bostrom, and Susan Haack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Sara Danius ranks 334. Before her are Nabil Maâloul, Lisa Randall, Gail Ann Dorsey, Tracy Austin, Margherita Buy, and Vasily Nebenzya. After her are Mark Haddon, Ahn Cheol-soo, Rita Sargsyan, Patrice Trovoada, Elvira Lindo, and Rebecca Miller. Among people deceased in 2019, Sara Danius ranks 409. Before her are Aleksey Buldakov, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Ben Pon, Frans Andriessen, D. M. Jayaratne, and Raymond Bellot. After her are Judith Krantz, Yvette Williams, King Kong Bundy, Klara Guseva, Stefan Angelov, and Carlos Squeo.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sara Danius ranks 938 out of 1,879. Before her are Anders Tegnell (1956), Marcus Allbäck (1973), Tommy Söderberg (1948), Nina Persson (1974), Marcus Berg (1986), and Helena Bergström (1964). After her are Roland Nilsson (1963), Axel Janse (1888), Gunnel Vallquist (1918), Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894), Gunnar Åkerlund (1923), and Jonas Björkman (1972).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Sweden

Among philosophers born in Sweden, Sara Danius ranks 5. Before her are Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806), Lars Gustafsson (1936), and Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585). After her are Nick Bostrom (1973).

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