WRITER

Christian Kracht

1966 - Today

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Christian Kracht (German pronunciation: [ˈkraxt]; born 29 December 1966) is a Swiss author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Kracht has received more than 165,777 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Kracht is the 5,940th most popular writer (down from 5,560th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 575th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Der gelbe Bleistift
Belletristik, SEL Library selection
2012
Gebrauchsanweisung für Kathmandu und Nepal
Description and travel, Travel, Arts
2009
1979
2001
The Ministry Of Truth: Kim Jong-Il's North Korea
Photographic reportage, History - U.S., Photography
2007
Faserland
1995
Tristesse Royale. Das popkulturelle Quintett
1999

Page views of Christian Krachts by language

Over the past year Christian Kracht has had the most page views in the with 67,881 views, followed by English (20,405), and French (3,974). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (86.31%), Danish (40.88%), and Alemannic (29.14%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christian Kracht ranks 5,940 out of 7,302. Before him are William Inge, Mina Loy, Ian Buruma, Zoé Valdés, Wilma Mankiller, and Philippe Delerm. After him are Göran Sonnevi, Sita Ram Goel, Benny Andersen, Claude Esteban, J. Michael Straczynski, and Susan Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Christian Kracht ranks 315. Before him are Néstor Lorenzo, Andrea Berg, Roberto Gualtieri, Zoran Savić, Sami Bouajila, and Tony Yeboah. After him are Aigars Kalvītis, Guy Delisle, Jerry Cantrell, Benito Archundia, Traylor Howard, and Hauschka.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Christian Kracht ranks 621 out of 1,015. Before him are Didier Cuche (1974), Lukas Ammann (1912), Loris Kessel (1950), Pascal Richard (1964), Paola del Medico (1950), and Alfred Neveu (1890). After him are Tranquillo Barnetta (1985), Claudio Sulser (1955), Heinz Günthardt (1959), Walter Weiler (1903), Alain Sutter (1968), and Gökhan Inler (1984).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Christian Kracht ranks 50. Before him are Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Béatrix Beck (1914), Jacques Chessex (1934), Urs Widmer (1938), Adolf Muschg (1934), and Joël Dicker (1985). After him are Alphonse Matejka (1902), Kurt Marti (1921), Peter Stamm (1963), Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1978), and Owen Gleiberman (1959).

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