WRITER

Amélie Nothomb

1967 - Today

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Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (French pronunciation: [fabjɛn klɛːʁ nɔtɔ̃b]; born 13 August 1967), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (French: [ameli nɔtɔ̃b]), is a Belgian Francophone novelist. Part of her childhood was spent in Asia. A prolific author, since the publication of her first novel Hygiene and the Assassin in 1992, at the age of twenty-six, she has published a book a year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amélie Nothomb has received more than 487,541 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 63 in 2019). Amélie Nothomb is the 2,551st most popular writer (down from 2,432nd in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 729th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Fear and Trembling
2002
Hygiène de l'assassin
1992
Péplum
French fiction, Fiction
1996
Stupeur Et Tremblements
1999
Les catilinaires
1995
Stupeur et tremblements
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amélie Nothomb ranks 2,551 out of 7,302. Before her are Juan del Encina, Al-Asmaʿi, Lois McMaster Bujold, Cornelis de Bruijn, Dorothea von Schlegel, and Noël Coward. After her are Andrea Dworkin, Ivan Yefremov, Catulle Mendès, Raffi, Giraut de Bornelh, and John Barth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Amélie Nothomb ranks 70. Before her are Naoko Takeuchi, Liev Schreiber, Lisa Bonet, Gheorghe Popescu, Mino Raiola, and Suman Pokhrel. After her are Jeanine Áñez, Viktor Bout, Paul Giamatti, Lauren Graham, Gorō Miyazaki, and Dmitry Peskov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Amélie Nothomb ranks 350 out of 1,190. Before her are Hugo Broos (1952), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000), Gaston Roelants (1937), David Teniers the Elder (1582), and Firmin Lambot (1886). After her are Louis Michel (1947), Yves Leterme (1960), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Didier Reynders (1958), George Washington (1871), and Johnny Galecki (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Amélie Nothomb ranks 21. Before her are John of Ruusbroec (1293), Jean Bolland (1596), William of Moerbeke (1215), Guido Gezelle (1830), Hendrik Conscience (1812), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856). After her are Jean Ray (1887), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Jan Gruter (1560), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), and Felix Timmermans (1886).

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