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Ben Okri

1959 - Today

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Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared favourably to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Okri has received more than 505,293 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ben Okri is the 5,795th most popular writer (down from 5,259th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 61st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ben Okri ranks 5,795 out of 5,755Before him are Robert Rodat, Laurell K. Hamilton, Tom Wilson, Helen Gurley Brown, J. G. Farrell, and Cheryl Strayed. After him are Bill Prady, Bob Black, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Joel Osteen, Thomas Heywood, and Pia Tafdrup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ben Okri ranks 446Before him are Boman Irani, Dejan Ajdačić, Manuel Negrete Arias, Raimondo Inconis, Richard LaGravenese, and José Leandro Ferreira. After him are Urs Zimmermann, Eren Keskin, Rafael Amador, Steve Bauer, Kirsty MacColl, and Rawil Gaynetdin.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Ben Okri ranks 62 out of 236Before him are Victor Moses (1990), Francis Obikwelu (1978), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962), John Onaiyekan (1944), Buchi Emecheta (1944), and Ahmed Musa (1992). After him are Odion Ighalo (1989), Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1936), Celestine Babayaro (1978), Hauwa Ibrahim (1968), Michael Obiku (1968), and Kalu Uche (1982).

Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Ben Okri ranks 8Before him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Amos Tutuola (1920), Flora Nwapa (1931), and Buchi Emecheta (1944). After him are Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).