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William Heinesen

1900 - 1991

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Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Heinesen is the 1,509th most popular writer (up from 1,561st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the most popular Writer.

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Among writers, William Heinesen ranks 1,509 out of 7,302. Before him are Olaus Petri, Régis Debray, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Lydia Koidula, Jean M. Auel, and Gore Vidal. After him are Thornton Wilder, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Siegfried Lenz, Fredric Jameson, Henry Steel Olcott, and Ken Kesey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, William Heinesen ranks 78. Before him are Jean Arthur, Filipp Golikov, Sālote Tupou III, Rudolf Diels, Ernst Krenek, and Robert Siodmak. After him are Fritz London, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Karin Boye, Violet Brown, Joseph Needham, and Helene Weigel. Among people deceased in 1991, William Heinesen ranks 60. Before him are Lee Remick, Princess Ileana of Romania, Ernst Krenek, Dead, Christian de Castries, and Henri de Lubac. After him are Shapour Bakhtiar, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Aladár Gerevich, Robert Maxwell, María Zambrano, and Boris Pugo.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, William Heinesen ranks 2 out of 27. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860). After him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Christian Matras (1900), Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983), Rói Patursson (1947), and Aksel V. Johannesen (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

Among writers born in Faroe Islands, William Heinesen ranks 1. After him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Christian Matras (1900), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Rói Patursson (1947), and Jakob Jakobsen (1864).

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