WRITER

William Heinesen

1900 - 1991

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Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Heinesen has received more than 78,880 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. William Heinesen is the 1,562nd most popular writer (down from 1,468th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the most popular Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Heinesen ranks 1,562 out of 7,302. Before him are Ben Shapiro, Wen Tianxiang, Liu Cixin, Michael Moorcock, Jeffery Deaver, and Marcel Achard. After him are Konstantin Simonov, Anna de Noailles, Philippe de Commines, Hugh Lofting, Robert Brasillach, and Jean-François Marmontel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, William Heinesen ranks 72. Before him are Karin Boye, Helene Weigel, Katina Paxinou, Agnes Moorehead, Camille Chamoun, and Wilhelm Rediess. After him are Jean Arthur, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Robert Desnos, George Uhlenbeck, and Marc Allégret. Among people deceased in 1991, William Heinesen ranks 64. Before him are Eric Carr, W. Arthur Lewis, Brad Davis, Boris Pugo, Jerzy Kosiński, and Lee Remick. After him are Jean Arthur, Henri de Lubac, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Vilém Flusser, Sergey Akhromeyev, and Giacomo Manzù.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, William Heinesen ranks 2 out of 27. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860). After him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964), Christian Matras (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Rói Patursson (1947), Marita Petersen (1940), and Aksel V. Johannesen (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

Among writers born in Faroe Islands, William Heinesen ranks 1. After him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Christian Matras (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Rói Patursson (1947), and Jakob Jakobsen (1864).

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