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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 1,074,999 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Colm Tóibín is the 5,337th most popular writer (down from 4,813th in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 238th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 1.1M

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  • 43.50

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colm Tóibín ranks 5,337 out of 5,755. Before him are Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Elinor Glyn, R. M. Ballantyne, Peter Matthiessen, John Connolly, and Remco Campert. After him are Katherine Pancol, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Herman Teirlinck, Victor Shenderovich, Howard Ashman, and Philip G. Epstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Colm Tóibín ranks 347. Before him are Jean Kambanda, Christian Estrosi, Connie Sellecca, Peter Fleming, Marcelo Trobbiani, and Tom Sandberg. After him are Lindsey Graham, Taco, Batista, Pascal Dusapin, Güler Sabancı, and Dennis Christopher.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 268 out of 501. Before him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Liam Brady (1956), Charles Haughey (1925), and John Connolly (1968). After him are John A. Costello (1891), Eoin O'Duffy (1890), Andrea Corr (1974), Graham Norton (1963), John Lynch (1961), and Peter Sutherland (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 39. Before him are John Boyne (1971), Michael Scott (1959), William McGonagall (1825), Eoin Colfer (1965), Terence MacSwiney (1879), and John Connolly (1968). After him are Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Frank Harris (1856), Colum McCann (1965), and Frances Power Cobbe (1822).

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