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William Heinesen

1900 - 1991

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Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, novel writer, short story writer, children's book 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 72,131 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. William Heinesen is the 1,471st most popular writer (down from 1,427th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the most popular Writer.

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  • 72k

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  • 57.86

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Heinesen ranks 1,471 out of 5,755Before him are Ba Jin, Wilhelm Weitling, Kuvempu, Chico Xavier, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and Chiara Lubich. After him are Khaled al-Asaad, Kâtip Çelebi, Christine Nöstlinger, Ion Creangă, Jack Vance, and Ildefonsus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, William Heinesen ranks 75Before him are Filipp Golikov, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Jiro Miyake, Alfred Newman, Joseph Needham, and Wilhelm Rediess. After him are Helen Hayes, Eduardo De Filippo, Robert Desnos, Ernst Neufert, Jean Arthur, and Herbert Bayer. Among people deceased in 1991, William Heinesen ranks 63Before him are Alfonso García Robles, Aladár Gerevich, Sergey Akhromeyev, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Boris Pugo, and Vilém Flusser. After him are Shapour Bakhtiar, Willi Boskovsky, Jean Arthur, Christian de Castries, Joachim Kroll, and Brad Davis.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, William Heinesen ranks 2 out of 25Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860). After him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Ruth Smith (1913), Heðin Brú (1901), Christian Matras (1900), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Marita Petersen (1940), Rói Patursson (1947), and Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983).

Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

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