WRITER

Alan Hollinghurst

1954 - Today

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Sir Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2004, he won the Booker Prize for his novel The Line of Beauty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Hollinghurst has received more than 437,939 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alan Hollinghurst is the 6,189th most popular writer (down from 5,666th in 2019), the 5,169th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,901st in 2019) and the 582nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 6,189 out of 7,302. Before him are Gillian Flynn, Albert Kivikas, Stephen Vincent Benét, Kurt Marti, Lester Bangs, and Beryl Bainbridge. After him are Amory Lovins, Alan Garner, Dmitry Gordon, John Barbour, Dejan Ajdačić, and Fran Saleški Finžgar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 522. Before him are Hans-Henrik Ørsted, Ed Powers, Don Coscarelli, Tony Thompson, Gérard Soler, and Vasily Tsibliyev. After him are Alla Kudlai, Gina Rinehart, Ludwik Dorn, Yuli Tamir, Enrique Peñalosa, and Marek Kusto.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 5,169 out of 8,785. Before him are Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Sean Pertwee (1964), Thomas Baines (1820), Peter Glenville (1913), Charles James Napier (1782), and Annie Lorrain Smith (1854). After him are Lynn Fontanne (1887), Matthew Rhys (1974), Joe Cornish (1968), Brian Cox (1968), Stephen Merchant (1974), and Alan Garner (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 582. Before him are E. W. Hornung (1866), Joyce Cary (1888), Philip Massinger (1583), Paul Scott (1920), Michael Drayton (1563), and Beryl Bainbridge (1932). After him are Alan Garner (1934), John Barbour (1316), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Bernice Rubens (1923), Brian Jacques (1939), and China Miéville (1972).

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