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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 1,736,348 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Amy Tan is the 5,210th most popular writer (down from 4,612th in 2019), the 8,088th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,985th in 2019) and the 645th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amy Tan ranks 5,210 out of 5,755. Before her are Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Daniel Goldhagen, Tim LaHaye, Patrik Ouředník, Svetlana Makarovič, and Maria Polydouri. After her are Peter Orlovsky, Jacqueline Wilson, Jean Amrouche, Antoine Blondin, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, and Vjenceslav Novak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Amy Tan ranks 415. Before her are Eliane Giardini, Randy Jones, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Merrick Garland, Christopher Loeak, and Patrick Gaillard. After her are Daryl Stuermer, Michel Sapin, Julie Taymor, Biyouna, Darya Dontsova, and Kim Kashkashian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amy Tan ranks 8,088 out of 18,182. Before her are Bootsy Collins (1951), David Frankel (1959), Janet Hubert (1956), Clyde Cowan (1919), Blair Brown (1946), and Ricky Jay (1946). After her are Elaine Stritch (1925), Haskell Wexler (1922), Frank Benford (1883), Billy Corgan (1967), Whitney Smith (1940), and Peter Orlovsky (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Amy Tan ranks 645. Before her are Michael Bishop (1945), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Robert Christgau (1942), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), and Tim LaHaye (1926). After her are Peter Orlovsky (1933), Michael Shermer (1954), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), and Earl Derr Biggers (1884).

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