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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

1958 - Today

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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958) is an Icelandic professor of art history, a novelist, playwright and poet. She received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Hotel Silence in 2018 and the Médicis Foreign Award for Miss Iceland in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is the 4,519th most popular writer (up from 4,905th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Iceland and the 16th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 4,519 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Pinget, Michalina Wisłocka, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Ava, Tad Williams, and Olivier de Serres. After her are Rachel de Queiroz, Bahram Beyzai, H. C. Artmann, Adam Asnyk, Ō no Yasumaro, and John Piper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 234. Before her are Sylvester Groth, Sergei Makarov, Yu Rongguang, Mircea Geoană, Monica Guerritore, and Marcos Paquetá. After her are Nikos Anastopoulos, Scott Patterson, David Sylvian, Veronica Guerin, Luz Casal, and Paula-Mae Weekes.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 60 out of 190. Before her are Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Jón Magnússon (1859), and Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847). After her are Baltasar Kormákur (1966), Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006), Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (1986), and Hallgrímur Helgason (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ranks 16. Before her are Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), and Guðbergur Bergsson (1932). After her are Einar Benediktsson (1864), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), and Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940).

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