WRITER

Anthony Doerr

1973 - Today

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Anthony Doerr is an American author of novels and short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Doerr has received more than 1,195,557 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Anthony Doerr is the 6,174th most popular writer (up from 6,279th in 2019), the 10,581st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,333rd in 2019) and the 785th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

All the light we cannot see
2014
Four Seasons in Rome
Description and travel, American Authors, Travel
2007
La luz que no puedes ver
2015
About Grace
Precognition, Runaway husbands, Fathers and daughters
2004
The Shell Collector
Grief, Interpersonal relations, Metamorphosis
“The Shell Collector” (2002), a short story by American author Anthony Doerr, tells the story of a blind shell expert living in exile with his dog in Kenya who becomes something of a celebrity after he uses deadly cone venom to cure a local eight-year-old girl of Malaria.
2001

Page views of Anthony Doerrs by language

Over the past year Anthony Doerr has had the most page views in the with 268,465 views, followed by French (18,431), and German (12,810). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (900.40%), (771.26%), and Simple English (407.87%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anthony Doerr ranks 6,174 out of 7,302. Before him are Joyce Cary, Theodore Roethke, Éric Vuillard, Robert Creeley, Philip Massinger, and Paul Scott. After him are Jānis Akuraters, Michael Drayton, George Saunders, David McCullough, Maxine Kumin, and George Woodcock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Anthony Doerr ranks 310. Before him are Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mark Iuliano, Róisín Murphy, Andy Muschietti, Coraima Torres, and Anson Mount. After him are Bridgette Wilson, Thomas Christiansen, Anders Fridén, Vénuste Niyongabo, Inge de Bruijn, and Lutz Pfannenstiel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Doerr ranks 10,581 out of 20,380. Before him are Mario Savio (1942), Jimmy Webb (1946), David Souter (1939), Ron Eldard (1965), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), and Marilee Stepan (1935). After him are Chelsea Charms (1976), Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), Virginia Davis (1918), Len Wein (1948), Shawn Kemp (1969), and Paul Winter (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Anthony Doerr ranks 785. Before him are Ernest Lehman (1915), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Charles Olson (1910), Henry Jenkins (1958), Theodore Roethke (1908), and Robert Creeley (1926). After him are George Saunders (1958), David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), Gillian Flynn (1971), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), and Lester Bangs (1948).

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