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Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir

1940 - 2010

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Fríða Áslaug Sigurðardóttir (born December 11, 1940, in Hornstrandir- died May 7, 2010, in Reykjavík) was an Icelandic novelist and short story writer. She made her literary debut in 1980 with the collection of short stories titled Þetta er ekkert alvarlegt ("Nothing Serious"). She was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1992 for the novel Meðan nóttin líður ("Through the Night"). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir is the 5,378th most popular writer (up from 6,201st in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 91st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir ranks 5,378 out of 7,302. Before her are Abdulla Shaig, Sergey Gorodetsky, Willi Apel, Izzat Ghazzawi, Pat Barker, and Vsevolod Vishnevsky. After her are Paddy Chayefsky, Furqat, Fang Fang, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, and Guerra Junqueiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir ranks 443. Before her are Mary Beth Peil, Sotsha Dlamini, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, James Brady, Whitney Smith, and Reinhard Furrer. After her are Richard Marcinko, Tim Severin, Carl von Essen, Willi Holdorf, Franco Balmamion, and Leonid Osyka. Among people deceased in 2010, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir ranks 326. Before her are Isabella Abbott, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, David Brown, Kathryn Grayson, Jorge González, and Roy Ward Baker. After her are Giovanni Pettenella, William B. Lenoir, Joseph Serge Miot, John Wooden, Walter Rudin, and Pentti Linnosvuo.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir ranks 80 out of 190. Before her are Sigurður Eggerz (1875), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893), Hera Björk (1972), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), and Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876). After her are Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Teitur Thordarson (1952), Einar Arnórsson (1880), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), Jón Þorláksson (1877), and Snorri Hjartarson (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir ranks 22. Before her are Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), and Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888). After her are Snorri Hjartarson (1906), Gyrðir Elíasson (1961), Sjón (1962), and Jónína Leósdóttir (1954).

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