WRITER

China Miéville

1972 - Today

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China Tom Miéville ( mee-AY-vəl, born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic. He often describes his work as "weird fiction", and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called New Weird. Miéville has won multiple awards for his fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, Hugo Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Awards. He holds the record for the most Arthur C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of China Miéville has received more than 1,987,228 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). China Miéville is the 6,214th most popular writer (down from 5,635th in 2019), the 5,219th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,843rd in 2019) and the 588th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, China Miéville ranks 6,214 out of 7,302. Before him are Emma Willard, Flora Nwapa, Pentti Haanpää, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Cynthia Ozick, and Mikhail Gurevich. After him are R. D. Blackmore, Nahum Tate, Mary Lamb, Lawrence Venuti, Max Hastings, and George Alec Effinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, China Miéville ranks 320. Before him are Go Oiwa, Evan Williams, Oh! great, Valeria Mazza, Sylvain Tesson, and Cristina Branco. After him are Ulrich Ramé, Nick Frost, Jaromír Blažek, Jennifer Taylor, Tami Stronach, and Capone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, China Miéville ranks 5,219 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Raby (1921), Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), Terry Chimes (1956), Charlotte Riley (1981), Basil Heatley (1933), and Kenny Acheson (1957). After him are R. D. Blackmore (1825), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), Mary Lamb (1764), John Cannon (1933), and Charles Lapworth (1842).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, China Miéville ranks 588. Before him are Alan Hollinghurst (1954), Alan Garner (1934), John Barbour (1316), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Bernice Rubens (1923), and Brian Jacques (1939). After him are R. D. Blackmore (1825), Mary Lamb (1764), Max Hastings (1945), Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), and Dan Abnett (1965).

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