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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

1963 - Today

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Vilborg Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born in 1963) is an Icelandic writer of both crime novels and children's fiction. She has been writing since 1998. Her début crime novel was translated into English by Bernard Scudder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yrsa Sigurðardóttir has received more than 259,830 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is the 2,955th most popular writer (up from 3,486th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 39th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Icelander Writer.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 2,955 out of 7,302. Before her are Gerard Reve, Alfred Andersch, Isabella di Morra, Hervé Bazin, Paul Gallico, and Tudor Arghezi. After her are Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Anne Carson, Jean Echenoz, José Martínez Ruiz, and Morris West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 129. Before her are Stanislav Cherchesov, Demián Bichir, Andrew Ridgeley, James Denton, Ulrich Thomsen, and Maria Ressa. After her are William Baldwin, Paul Belmondo, Anthony Albanese, Vanessa Williams, Donna Tartt, and Doris Leuthard.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 30 out of 190. Before her are Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Thorvald Eiriksson (972), and Matthías Jochumsson (1835). After her are Erró (1932), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), Davíð Oddsson (1948), Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), and Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 13. Before her are Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), and Matthías Jochumsson (1835). After her are Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), and Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954).

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