WRITER

Sjón

1962 - Today

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Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón ( SHOHN; Icelandic: [sjouːn]; meaning "sight" and being an abbreviation of his first name), is an Icelandic poet, novelist, lyricist, and screenwriter. Sjón frequently collaborates with the singer Björk and has performed with The Sugarcubes as Johnny Triumph. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sjón has received more than 787,876 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sjón is the 6,299th most popular writer (down from 6,014th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 111th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Icelander Writer.

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  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sjón ranks 6,299 out of 7,302. Before him are Tim O'Brien, Abby Mann, Paul Klebnikov, Delfina Bunge, Lascelles Abercrombie, and Colleen Hoover. After him are Iskandar Khatloni, Caryl Churchill, Lynne Cox, Kate Morton, Joanna Baillie, and Wayne C. Booth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Sjón ranks 489. Before him are George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, Jeff Dunham, Arnold Scholten, Seiji Maehara, Yevgeny Roizman, and Corrado Lorefice. After him are Arsen Fadzaev, Mehdi Jomaa, Aminata Touré, Kaoru Wada, Michelangelo Rampulla, and Jerry Rice.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Sjón ranks 99 out of 190. Before him are Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), Gyrðir Elíasson (1961), Jón Páll Sigmarsson (1960), Atli Eðvaldsson (1957), Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955), and Gylfi Sigurðsson (1989). After him are Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967), Einar Arnórsson (1880), Hera Björk (1972), Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984), and Hildur Guðnadóttir (1982).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Sjón ranks 25. Before him are Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), Snorri Hjartarson (1906), Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940), and Gyrðir Elíasson (1961). After him are Jónína Leósdóttir (1954).

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