WRITER

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

1958 - Today

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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958) is an Icelandic professor of art history, a novelist, playwright and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir has received more than 66,482 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is the 4,906th most popular writer (down from 4,864th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 58th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Icelander Writer.

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  • 54.88

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 4,906 out of 7,302Before her are Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Kedarnath Singh, Jonathan Coe, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Nathanael West, and Ann Druyan. After her are Suzanne Lilar, Ferenc Karinthy, Marilynne Robinson, Horatio Alger, Alan Paton, and C. L. Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 247Before her are Gary Numan, Vlado Goreski, Sheree J. Wilson, Hiroshi Yoshida, Amanda Bearse, and Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud. After her are Wendy Makkena, Yu Suzuki, Matt Frewer, Luz Casal, Bernard Fellay, and Alexander Nevzorov.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 60 out of 190Before her are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Hermann Jónasson (1896), and Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963). After her are Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), and Bjarni Benediktsson (1970).

Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 18Before her are Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Benediktsson (1864), and Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963). After her are Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), Snorri Hjartarson (1906), Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940), and Gyrðir Elíasson (1961).