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Villy Sørensen

1929 - 2001

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Villy Sørensen (13 January 1929 – 11 September 2001) was a Danish short story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Villy Sørensen has received more than 22,160 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Villy Sørensen is the 5,312th most popular writer (down from 5,045th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 488th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Danish Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Villy Sørensen ranks 5,312 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth Gilbert, David Peoples, Jacques Jasmin, Sax Rohmer, Carlo Cassola, and Vira Vovk. After him are Aleardo Aleardi, Hamo Sahyan, Günther Jauch, Yi Munyeol, Simon Gregorčič, and Gorch Fock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Villy Sørensen ranks 404. Before him are Richard Rush, Doina Cornea, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Dick Tiger, Kenneth MacMillan, and Evert Gunnarsson. After him are Ivor Allchurch, Kazimierz Kutz, Acker Bilk, Bruno Belin, Francisco Zuluaga, and Sergio Cervato. Among people deceased in 2001, Villy Sørensen ranks 245. Before him are Thomas Sebeok, Marie Jahoda, Álvaro Magaña, Dipendra of Nepal, Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, and Ahmed Sofa. After him are Oldřich Lajsek, Ashok Kumar, Dale Earnhardt, Lee Cronbach, Pavel Sadyrin, and Leonid Osyka.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Villy Sørensen ranks 523 out of 1,032. Before him are Martin Braithwaite (1991), Otto Liebe (1860), Klaus Berntsen (1844), Holger Thiele (1878), Lone Scherfig (1959), and Michala Petri (1958). After him are Andreas Christensen (1996), John Sivebæk (1961), Niels Arden Oplev (1961), Katy Bødtger (1932), Ragnhild Hveger (1920), and Ellen Winther (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Villy Sørensen ranks 44. Before him are Karin Michaëlis (1872), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), and Peer Hultberg (1935). After him are Hans Christian Branner (1903), Carsten Jensen (1952), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Benny Andersen (1929), Pia Tafdrup (1952), and Sherin Khankan (1974).

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