WRITER

Thor Vilhjálmsson

1925 - 2011

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Thor Vilhjálmsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtʰouːr ˈvɪlçaulmˌsɔn]; 12 August 1925 – 2 March 2011) was an Icelandic writer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Over the course of his life Vilhjálmsson wrote novels, plays, and poetry and also did translations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thor Vilhjálmsson has received more than 19,426 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Thor Vilhjálmsson is the 3,026th most popular writer (up from 3,331st in 2019), the 2,209th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,468th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Snöggfærðar sýnir
1995
Raddir í garðinum
1992
Eldur í laufi
Art, Icelandic
1991
Tvílýsi
1994
Fley og fagrar árar
1996
Svavar Guðnason
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thor Vilhjálmsson ranks 3,026 out of 7,302. Before him are Marius Maximus, Kjell Askildsen, Hans Erich Nossack, Michael Jackson, Andrei Amalrik, and Yury Olesha. After him are Donna Tartt, Jens Baggesen, Nathan Birnbaum, Sumitranandan Pant, Prince Henri of Orléans, and Henri Meilhac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Thor Vilhjálmsson ranks 194. Before him are Serge Dassault, Jørgen Ingmann, Leo Ryan, Roy Medvedev, Ernst Stojaspal, and Željko Čajkovski. After him are Bernard Morel, Jimmy Smith, Lenny Bruce, Andrei Sinyavsky, Scott Carpenter, and Edward Gorey. Among people deceased in 2011, Thor Vilhjálmsson ranks 157. Before him are Kurt Sanderling, Claude Choules, Sven Tumba, Bernd Eichinger, Koichi Tohei, and Bo Carpelan. After him are Sena Jurinac, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Randy Savage, Mohamed Bouazizi, Ladislav Novák, and David Wilkerson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thor Vilhjálmsson ranks 2,209 out of 8,785. Before him are Nicolas Roeg (1928), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), and Michael Jackson (1942). After him are William Hartnell (1908), Charles Barry (1795), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Cuthbert (635), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and Charles Wesley (1707).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thor Vilhjálmsson ranks 253. Before him are Richard Baxter (1615), Wilfred Owen (1893), John Cleland (1709), Lytton Strachey (1880), Caroline Graham (1931), and Michael Jackson (1942). After him are Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Robert Fisk (1946), William Ernest Henley (1849), and Jojo Moyes (1969).

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