1931 - 2015
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (Swedish: [ˈtʊ̌mːas ˈjœ̂sːta ˈtrâːnˌstrœmːɛr]; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's work is also characterized by a sense of mystery and wonder underlying the routine of everyday life, a quality which often gives his poems a religious dimension. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomas Tranströmer has received more than 277,588 page views. His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomas Tranströmer is the 284th most popular writer (down from 260th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 34th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Writer.
Tomas Tranströmer is most famous for his poetry. He is a Swedish poet who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011.
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Among writers, Tomas Tranströmer ranks 284 out of 5,755. Before him are Marcus Terentius Varro, Shota Rustaveli, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Eugenio Montale, Primo Levi, and Amos Oz. After him are Robert Musil, Archilochus, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Ernst Jünger, and Simonides of Ceos.
116 BC - 27 BC
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 278
1172 - 1216
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 279
1749 - 1791
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 280
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 281
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 282
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 283
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 284
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 285
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 286
1836 - 1895
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 287
1926 - 2011
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 288
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 289
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 290
Among people born in 1931, Tomas Tranströmer ranks 13. Before him are Raúl Castro, Chun Doo-hwan, Monica Vitti, Desmond Tutu, Philip Kotler, and Robert Duvall. After him are Alice Munro, Anita Ekberg, Irvin D. Yalom, Roger Penrose, Raymond Kopa, and Isabel Martínez de Perón. Among people deceased in 2015, Tomas Tranströmer ranks 10. Before him are Günter Grass, Omar Sharif, Demis Roussos, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Christopher Lee, and Terry Pratchett. After him are Helmut Schmidt, B.B. King, Anita Ekberg, Lemmy, Laura Antonelli, and Nicholas Winton.
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 7
1931 - 2021
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 8
1931 - 2022
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 9
1931 - 2021
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 10
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 11
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 12
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 13
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 14
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 15
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 16
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 17
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 18
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 19
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 4
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 5
1946 - 2015
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 6
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 7
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 8
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 9
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 10
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 11
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 12
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 13
1945 - 2015
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 14
1941 - 2015
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 15
1909 - 2015
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 16
Among people born in Sweden, Tomas Tranströmer ranks 40 out of 1,612. Before him are Max von Sydow (1929), Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Charles XI of Sweden (1655), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), and Benny Andersson (1946). After him are Anita Ekberg (1931), Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844), Princess Märtha of Sweden (1901), and Eric XIV of Sweden (1533).
1929 - 2020
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 34
1910 - 2000
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 35
1655 - 1697
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 36
1748 - 1818
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 37
1746 - 1792
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 38
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 39
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 40
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 41
1778 - 1837
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 42
1688 - 1741
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 43
1844 - 1916
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 44
1901 - 1954
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 45
1533 - 1577
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 46
Among writers born in Sweden, Tomas Tranströmer ranks 4. Before him are Astrid Lindgren (1907), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), and August Strindberg (1849). After him are Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Henning Mankell (1948), Eyvind Johnson (1900), Harry Martinson (1904), Stieg Larsson (1954), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), and Ellen Key (1849).
1907 - 2002
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 1
1858 - 1940
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 2
1849 - 1912
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 3
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 4
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 5
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 6
1948 - 2015
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 7
1900 - 1976
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 8
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 9
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 10
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 11
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 12