WRITER

Amy Tan

1952 - Today

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Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir. Tan has earned a number of awards acknowledging her contributions to literary culture, including the National Humanities Medal, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, and the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amy Tan has received more than 1,884,503 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Amy Tan is the 5,494th most popular writer (down from 5,191st in 2019), the 8,172nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,072nd in 2019) and the 631st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amy Tan ranks 5,494 out of 7,302. Before her are Iryna Vilde, Bruno Heller, Boris Lavrenyov, Gabriele Kuby, Antonine Maillet, and Guerra Junqueiro. After her are Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Francis Marion Crawford, Kjell Westö, Jacques Audiberti, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, and Julia Balbilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Amy Tan ranks 448. Before her are Johanna Klier, Lorna Luft, Jacob Miller, Santiago Santamaría, Daryl Stuermer, and Barbara Hendricks. After her are Jigme Thinley, Tovah Feldshuh, Oswaldo Payá, Ellen Streidt, Rhys Chatham, and Tim Powers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amy Tan ranks 8,172 out of 20,380. Before her are Otis Spann (1924), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Mac Miller (1992), Blind Willie McTell (1898), and Christopher George (1931). After her are Robert Wrenn (1873), Maud Barger-Wallach (1870), Frederica von Stade (1945), Denise Crosby (1957), David Ayer (1968), and Tony Gilroy (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Amy Tan ranks 631. Before her are Scott O'Dell (1898), John Antoine Nau (1860), John Varley (1947), Richard Scarry (1919), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), and Martin Cruz Smith (1942). After her are Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), John Keel (1930), Ted Chiang (1967), Michael Herr (1940), Norman Cousins (1915), and Tim Powers (1952).

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