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Guðbergur Bergsson

1932 - 2023

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Guðbergur Bergsson (16 October 1932 – 4 September 2023) was an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He was one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland. In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer Jaime Salinas Bonmatí. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guðbergur Bergsson is the 4,362nd most popular writer (down from 2,127th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 26th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among writers, Guðbergur Bergsson ranks 4,362 out of 7,302. Before him are Steen Steensen Blicher, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Louise Penny, Gabriello Chiabrera, Cora Sandel, and Jan Myrdal. After him are Margit Kaffka, Pierre Emmanuel, Nicolas Bouvier, Francisco Umbral, Rémy Belleau, and Koji Suzuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Guðbergur Bergsson ranks 315. Before him are Edward Hardwicke, Maria Itkina, Lodewijk van den Berg, Arif Mardin, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, and Angelo Vanzin. After him are Chiquito de la Calzada, Francisco Umbral, Otis Davis, Cliff Allison, Albert Collins, and Eusébio Scheid. Among people deceased in 2023, Guðbergur Bergsson ranks 313. Before him are Frances Sternhagen, Valentina Ponomaryova, Marcos Alonso, Jan Olsson, Hsing Yun, and Américo Lopes. After him are Nina Matviienko, José María Gil-Robles, Francesco Alberoni, Trevor Francis, Gérard Latortue, and Dominique Colonna.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Guðbergur Bergsson ranks 56 out of 190. Before him are Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), Hannes Hafstein (1861), Saint Thorlak (1133), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), and Jóhann Hafstein (1915). After him are Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Jón Magnússon (1859), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Baltasar Kormákur (1966), and Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Guðbergur Bergsson ranks 15. Before him are Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), and Eggert Ólafsson (1726). After him are Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), and Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888).

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