WRITER

Sofi Oksanen

1977 - Today

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Sofi-Elina Oksanen (born 7 January 1977) is a Finnish writer and playwright. Oksanen has published six novels, of which "Purge" has gained the widest recognition. She has received several international and domestic awards for her literary work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sofi Oksanen has received more than 150,644 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Sofi Oksanen is the 4,244th most popular writer (down from 4,126th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Finland (down from 200th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Finnish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Als die Tauben verschwanden
2014
Purge
History, Fiction, Human trafficking
Purge (Puhdistus) is a novel by Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen, which has been translated into thirty-eight languages. Oksanen's third Finnish-language novel was published in 2008, based upon her original play of the same name, which was staged at the Finnish National Theatre in 2007. As of 2010, Purge is the only one of Oksanen's novels which has been translated into English. It is a story of two women forced to confront their own dark pasts, of collusion and resistance, of rape and sexual slavery set against the backdrop of the Soviet occupation of Estonia. [From English Wikipedia][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purge_(novel)
2008
When the Doves Disappeared (Vintage International)
War stories, Fiction, History
2016
Stalinin lehmät
2003
Cuando las palomas cayeron del cielo
2015
Purga
2011

Page views of Sofi Oksanens by language

Over the past year Sofi Oksanen has had the most page views in the with 40,948 views, followed by German (24,573), and English (17,015). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (158.61%), Basque (111.49%), and Slovenian (108.53%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sofi Oksanen ranks 4,244 out of 7,302. Before her are Žemaitė, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Isotta Nogarola, Bill Bryson, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, and Paul Goma. After her are Charlotte Mary Yonge, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Valerian Pidmohylny, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, and Carmen de Burgos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Sofi Oksanen ranks 73. Before her are Andreas Kaplan, Zachary Quinto, Ronan Keating, Alex, Annie Wersching, and Hakan Yakin. After her are Frédéric Kanouté, Manu Ginóbili, Freddie Ljungberg, So Ji-sub, Peter Phillips, and Chad Hurley.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sofi Oksanen ranks 216 out of 751. Before her are Pertti Karppinen (1953), Olli Rehn (1962), Elisabeth Rehn (1935), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), Ellen Thesleff (1869), and Vesa-Matti Loiri (1945). After her are Matti Salminen (1945), Antti Hackzell (1881), Arvo Askola (1909), Vilho Lampi (1898), August Ahlqvist (1826), and Woldemar Hägglund (1893).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Sofi Oksanen ranks 21. Before her are Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Bo Carpelan (1926), Paavo Haavikko (1931), Johannes Linnankoski (1869), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), and Frans Michael Franzén (1772). After her are August Ahlqvist (1826), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), Märta Tikkanen (1935), Rosa Liksom (1958), Antti Tuuri (1944), and Sam Lake (1970).

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