The Most Famous

WRITERS from Marshall Islands

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This page contains a list of the greatest Marshallese Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 1 of which were born in Marshall Islands. This makes Marshall Islands the birth place of the 161st most number of Writers behind São Tomé and Príncipe, and Mauritius.

Top 1

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Marshallese Writers of all time. This list of famous Marshallese Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 29.12, Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner is the most famous Marshallese Writer.  Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.

Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner is a poet and climate change activist from the Marshall Islands.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Marshallese writers born between 1989 and 1989. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Marshallese writers include Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner. As of April 2024, 1 new Marshallese writers have been added to Pantheon including Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner.

Living Marshallese Writers

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Newly Added Marshallese Writers (2025)

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