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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 241,982 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is the 3,499th most popular writer (up from 3,764th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Icelander Writer.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 3,499 out of 5,755. Before her are Luigi Capuana, Brendan Behan, Mariano Azuela, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Misuzu Kaneko, and Frédéric Beigbeder. After her are Mikhail Koltsov, Ceija Stojka, Ernst Jandl, Hovhannes Shiraz, Butrus al-Bustani, and Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 159. Before her are John Carroll Lynch, Jerome Flynn, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Viorica Dăncilă, Walter Thurnherr, and David Seaman. After her are David Baszucki, Donna Tartt, James Denton, Zurab Zhvania, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Karl Lauterbach.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 39 out of 180. Before her are Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Jón Leifs (1899), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542), Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), and Baltasar Kormákur (1966). After her are Erró (1932), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), Davíð Oddsson (1948), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Hannes Hafstein (1861), and Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 13. Before her are Jón Arason (1484), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214). After her are Einar Benediktsson (1864), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), and Snorri Hjartarson (1906).

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