Willy Breinholst (born 27 June 1918) is a Danish author, screenwriter, and humorist born in Fredensborg, Denmark.
Occupation Author
Screenwriter
Humorist
Willy Breinholst is the only humorous writer on Earth whose books have been on German bestseller lists for more than 450 weeks ! He has had five of his books on the SPIEGEL top-ten list in the same week - a world record accepted by GUINNESS! It is no wonder that Breinholst-books are published in over a 100 countries.
Willy Breinholst’s books are read all over the World from the Republic of South Africa and Australia to Siberia, Greenland and Iceland in the North. He has been awarded the Lübbe Ehrenpreis for 4.000.000 sold Lübbe-books. He has been awarded the Danish Humorist Prize, the Carl Möller Prize, the Bulgarian Hitar-Peter Medal and the Icelandic Heimaey Medal for his books. Other recipients of the Icelandic Heimaey Medal have been the Icelandic president, the Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness – and Bing Crosby!
The Danish bestseller-writer Willy Breinholst has written 165 books. No wonder, he has been chosen among 150 authors to be awarded THE ALEKO KONSTANTINOV PRIZE at The International Prose-Writing Competition as one of the best writers in the world. Other recipients of The Aleko Konstantinov Prize during the years: Erskine Caldwell, Erich Kästner, Heinrich Böll, William Saroyan