1949 - Today
Bei Dao (simplified Chinese: 北岛; traditional Chinese: 北島; pinyin: Běi Dǎo; lit. 'Northern Island', born August 2, 1949) is the pen name of the Chinese-American writer Zhao Zhenkai (S: 赵振开, T: 趙振開, P: Zhào Zhènkāi). Among the most acclaimed Chinese-language poets of his generation, he is often regarded as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bei Dao has received more than 149,467 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Bei Dao is the 4,210th most popular writer (up from 4,217th in 2019), the 805th most popular biography from China (down from 738th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Bei Dao ranks 4,210 out of 5,755. Before him are Hervé Guibert, Etgar Keret, Felix Dahn, John Gray, Ō no Yasumaro, and Horst Bienek. After him are Curt Siodmak, Norman Smith, Alain de Botton, Mary Stewart, Ciro Alegría, and Catherine Millet.
1955 - 1991
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,204
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,205
1834 - 1912
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 4,206
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 4,207
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 4,208
1930 - 1990
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 4,209
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 4,210
1902 - 2000
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 4,211
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 4,212
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 4,213
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 4,214
1909 - 1967
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 4,215
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 4,216
Among people born in 1949, Bei Dao ranks 333. Before him are Jean-Michel Aulas, Zé Mário, Jessica Harper, Arjun Appadurai, Sam Rainsy, and Philippe de Villiers. After him are Rodrigo Rato, Conny Torstensson, William Lane Craig, William Shepherd, Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, and Manny Mori.
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 327
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 328
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 329
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 330
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 331
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 332
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 333
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 334
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 335
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 336
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 337
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 338
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 339
Among people born in China, Bei Dao ranks 805 out of 1,392. Before him are Derek Parfit (1942), Chang Wanquan (1949), Shi Zhengli (1964), Wen Yiduo (1899), P. C. Chang (1892), and Zhang Jie (1937). After him are Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), Yu Rongguang (1958), Mervyn Peake (1911), Toshiko Fujita (1950), Zhou Xun (1974), and Guo Boxiong (1942).
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 799
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 800
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 801
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 802
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 803
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 804
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 805
1890 - 1967
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 806
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 807
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 808
1950 - 2018
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 809
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 810
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 811
Among writers born in China, Bei Dao ranks 97. Before him are Chen Zi'ang (661), Taranatha (1575), Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Dafu (1896), Wen Yiduo (1899), and Zhang Jie (1937). After him are Mervyn Peake (1911), Wang Guowei (1877), Dai Sijie (1954), Zhu Ziqing (1898), Wang Meng (1934), and Ingrid Noll (1935).
661 - 702
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 91
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 92
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 93
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 94
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 95
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 96
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 97
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 98
1877 - 1927
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 99
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 100
1898 - 1948
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 101
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 102
1935 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 103