WRITER

Tua Forsström

1947 - Today

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Tua Birgitta Forsström (born 2 April 1947) is a Finland-Swedish writer who writes in Swedish. She was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1998 for the poetry collection Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar. Forsström's work is known for its engagement with the Finnish landscape, travel and conflicts within relationships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tua Forsström has received more than 26,925 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tua Forsström is the 5,242nd most popular writer (down from 5,081st in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Finland (down from 306th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Finnish Writer.

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  • 53.94

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  • 21

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  • 5.02

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  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tua Forsström ranks 5,242 out of 7,302Before her are George Călinescu, Alexander Ablesimov, Leo Buscaglia, Áron Tamási, Sergei Lukyanenko, and Kjell Espmark. After her are Katherine Neville, Georg Calixtus, Ahmet Haşim, Thomas Ligotti, Kim Myeong-sun, and Erico Verissimo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Tua Forsström ranks 567Before her are Afanasijs Kuzmins, Rita Kühne, Theodore Long, Arlo Guthrie, Alexander Yakushev, and Vladimir Ilyin. After her are Larry James, Sara Paretsky, André Heller, Bill Smitrovich, Richard J. Evans, and Nikolai Volkoff.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tua Forsström ranks 314 out of 751Before her are Urho Peltonen (1893), Jyrki Katainen (1971), Eino Kaila (1890), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), and Okko Kamu (1946). After her are Jussi Halla-aho (1971), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Urho Castrén (1886), Arvo Ylppö (1887), and Jalmari Eskola (1886).

Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Tua Forsström ranks 28Before her are August Ahlqvist (1826), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), Märta Tikkanen (1935), Rosa Liksom (1958), Antti Tuuri (1944), and Sam Lake (1970). After her are Kjell Westö (1961), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830), Katri Vala (1901), Leena Krohn (1947), and Hannu Salama (1936).