WRITER

Tarjei Vesaas

1897 - 1970

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Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II. Vesaas' work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. His stories often feature rural people who go through severe psychological changes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarjei Vesaas has received more than 108,851 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Tarjei Vesaas is the 1,544th most popular writer (up from 1,853rd in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Norway (up from 97th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Tarjei Vesaas is most famous for his poetry. He has written many poems, and one of his most famous is called "The Great Hunger."

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Fuglane
Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Orphans
1957
Det store spelet
1961
Kimen
Fiction
1966
Bruene
Fiction
1966
Båten om kvelden
Fiction
1968
Is-slottet
1964

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tarjei Vesaas ranks 1,544 out of 7,302. Before him are Adnan Oktar, Fritz Gerlich, Corax of Syracuse, Jerzy Kosiński, Ödön von Horváth, and Kim Bu-sik. After him are Ausiàs March, José de Acosta, Usama ibn Munqidh, Elizabeth of the Trinity, John Dickson Carr, and Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Tarjei Vesaas ranks 82. Before him are Virginia Henderson, Winifred Wagner, Hans Speidel, Rouben Mamoulian, Carl Oberg, and Judith Anderson. After him are Shoghi Effendi, Chen Cheng, Yuri Kondratyuk, Marcel Petiot, Elijah Muhammad, and Maria Valtorta. Among people deceased in 1970, Tarjei Vesaas ranks 65. Before him are Giuseppe Ungaretti, Nikolay Shvernik, Théo Sarapo, Michael Balint, Mikhail Mil, and Agustín Muñoz Grandes. After him are Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Jan Syrový, Zeki Velidi Togan, Wilhelm Schepmann, Roman Ingarden, and Reizo Fukuhara.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Tarjei Vesaas ranks 83 out of 1,039. Before him are Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), Christian Michelsen (1857), Anders Behring Breivik (1979), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), and Jan Garbarek (1947). After him are Thorleif Haug (1894), Jonas Lie (1833), Axel Paulsen (1855), Johan Svendsen (1840), Odvar Nordli (1927), and Otto Sverdrup (1854).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Tarjei Vesaas ranks 13. Before him are Ludvig Holberg (1684), Jostein Gaarder (1952), Camilla Collett (1813), Arne Garborg (1851), Alexander Kielland (1849), and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812). After him are Jonas Lie (1833), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Jørgen Moe (1813), Dagny Juel (1867), and Thorbjørn Egner (1912).

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