WRITER

Colm Tóibín

1955 - Today

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Colm Tóibín ( KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colm Tóibín has received more than 1,252,438 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Colm Tóibín is the 4,297th most popular writer (up from 5,318th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 267th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colm Tóibín ranks 4,297 out of 7,302. Before him are Maeve Binchy, Gervase of Tilbury, Iwan Bloch, William Trevor, František Langer, and Vincenzo Cerami. After him are Hervé Le Tellier, Diane Disney Miller, Janko Matúška, Decimus Laberius, Yun Seondo, and Agustina Bessa-Luís.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Colm Tóibín ranks 251. Before him are Teo Fabi, Ole Beich, Wang Yang, Sandra Bernhard, Toru Iwatani, and Catherine Hardwicke. After him are Lucía Méndez, Badri Patarkatsishvili, Buck Adams, Kevin Conroy, Jean-Luc Ettori, and Andrew Divoff.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 180 out of 549. Before him are Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Catald (700), Pat McDonald (1878), Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), and William Trevor (1928). After him are Luke Kelly (1940), Jason O'Mara (1972), Richard Kirwan (1733), Joshua Pim (1869), Richard Steele (1672), and Tom Moore (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 30. Before him are Brendan Behan (1923), Jane Wilde (1821), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), and William Trevor (1928). After him are Richard Steele (1672), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), George Moore (1852), John Connolly (1968), and William McGonagall (1825).

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