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Villy Sørensen

1929 - 2001

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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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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

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  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Villy Sørensen ranks 5,062 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Villy Sørensen ranks 389Before 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 226Before 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.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Villy Sørensen ranks 491 out of 893Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Villy Sørensen ranks 38Before 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).