1929 - 2001
Villy Sørensen (13 January 1929 – 16 December 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 20,148 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Villy Sørensen is the 5,062nd most popular writer (down from 4,537th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 444th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Danish Writer.
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Among writers, Villy Sørensen ranks 5,062 out of 5,755. Before him are Wilhelm Geiger, James Hogg, Peider Lansel, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bart D. Ehrman, and Anatole Le Braz. After him are Kate Wilhelm, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Mochtar Lubis, Yamabe no Akahito, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Anton Aškerc.
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,056
1770 - 1835
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,057
1863 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,058
1836 - 1907
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,059
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 5,060
1859 - 1926
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 5,061
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 5,062
1928 - 2018
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 5,063
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 5,064
1922 - 2004
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 5,065
730 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 5,066
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 5,067
1856 - 1912
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 5,068
Among people born in 1929, Villy Sørensen ranks 389. Before him are Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, James McDivitt, Yordan Radichkov, Mario Ghella, Win Tin, and Audun Boysen. After him are Pentti Hämäläinen, Dick Button, Marcelino dos Santos, Raymond Bellot, Willy Kernen, and István Rózsavölgyi. Among people deceased in 2001, Villy Sørensen ranks 226. Before him are Ettore Puricelli, Arie van Vliet, Sara Ashurbeyli, Sergio Mantovani, Sachiko Hidari, and Pavel Sadyrin. After him are Delia Derbyshire, Margaretha Krook, Rufus Thomas, Giancarlo Brusati, Ibrahim Shams, and Marita Petersen.
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 383
1929 - 2022
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 384
1929 - 2004
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 385
1929 - 2020
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 386
1929 - 2014
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 387
1929 - 2000
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 388
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 389
1929 - 1984
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 390
1929 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 391
1929 - 2020
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 392
1929 - 2019
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 393
1929 - 2009
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 394
1929 - 2012
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 395
1916 - 2001
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 220
1916 - 2001
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 221
1906 - 2001
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 222
1929 - 2001
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 223
1930 - 2001
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 224
1942 - 2001
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 225
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 226
1937 - 2001
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 227
1925 - 2001
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 228
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 229
1910 - 2001
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 230
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 231
1940 - 2001
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 232
Among people born in Denmark, Villy Sørensen ranks 491 out of 893. Before him are Henry Petersen (1900), Hans Scherfig (1905), Holger Juul Hansen (1924), Lauritz Melchior (1890), Ebbe Sand (1972), and Dennis Rommedahl (1978). After him are Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), Caroline Wozniacki (1990), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), Klaus Berntsen (1844), Otto Liebe (1860), and Niels Arden Oplev (1961).
1900 - 1949
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 485
1905 - 1979
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 486
1924 - 2013
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 487
1890 - 1973
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 488
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 489
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 490
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 491
1871 - 1925
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 492
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 493
1914 - 2002
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 494
1844 - 1927
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 495
1860 - 1929
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 496
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 497
Among writers born in Denmark, Villy Sørensen ranks 38. Before him are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Ari Behn (1972), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Thorkild Hansen (1927), and Klaus Rifbjerg (1931). After him are Benny Andersen (1929), Carsten Jensen (1952), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), Pia Tafdrup (1952), and Sherin Khankan (1974).
1872 - 1907
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 32
1758 - 1841
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 33
1972 - 2019
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 34
1782 - 1848
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 35
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 36
1931 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 37
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 38
1929 - 2018
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 39
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 40
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 41
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 42
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 43
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.13
Rank: 44