WRITER

Cees Nooteboom

1933 - Today

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Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom (Dutch pronunciation: [seːs ˈnoːtəboːm]; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel Rituals (Rituelen, 1980), which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an English-language edition, published in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) of the United States. LSU Press published his two earlier novels in English in the following years, as well as other works up until 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cees Nooteboom has received more than 149,954 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Cees Nooteboom is the 1,098th most popular writer (up from 1,318th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 191st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 66.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cees Nooteboom ranks 1,098 out of 7,302. Before him are Dositej Obradović, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Fernando Arrabal, Michael Connelly, Jean Moréas, and Alfred Brehm. After him are Yosano Akiko, John William Polidori, Leonid Andreyev, Andrei Bely, Bhāsa, and Bernard Cornwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Cees Nooteboom ranks 73. Before him are Richard S. Castellano, Willie Nelson, Ali Shariati, Than Shwe, Robert Curl, and Sandra Milo. After him are Danny Aiello, Fouad Mebazaa, Jean-Claude Brialy, Larry King, Yuri Oganessian, and Jehan Sadat.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cees Nooteboom ranks 165 out of 1,646. Before him are Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Theo van Gogh (1957), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Ferdinand Bol (1616), and John II, Count of Holland (1247). After him are Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Arjen Robben (1984), Famke Janssen (1964), and Mariska Veres (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Cees Nooteboom ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Bernhard (1931), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Multatuli (1820), Harry Mulisch (1927), Robert van Gulik (1910), and Etty Hillesum (1914). After him are Dick Bruna (1927), Constantijn Huygens (1596), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Jacob Cats (1577), Aagje Deken (1741), and Herman Gorter (1864).

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