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Colson Whitehead

1969 - Today

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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colson Whitehead has received more than 1,991,982 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Colson Whitehead is the 6,511th most popular writer (down from 5,657th in 2019), the 12,397th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,173rd in 2019) and the 906th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colson Whitehead ranks 6,511 out of 7,302. Before him are F. Sionil José, Patrick Kavanagh, Richelle Mead, John Lydgate, Alice Sebold, and Marian Keyes. After him are Ransom Riggs, Kiera Cass, Sarah Winnemucca, Sidney Lee, Ralf Rothmann, and Deborah Ellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Colson Whitehead ranks 514. Before him are Viktor Petrenko, Torri Higginson, John Kiffmeyer, Adam Delimkhanov, Kim Rhodes, and Abraham Benrubi. After him are Eric Wynalda, Martika, Laurent Dufaux, Murat Nasyrov, Dejan Govedarica, and Wendi McLendon-Covey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Colson Whitehead ranks 12,397 out of 20,380. Before him are Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970), Tim Guinee (1962), Frank Brian (1923), Janet Napolitano (1957), Jean Porter (1922), and Bud Shank (1926). After him are Gertrude Mary Cox (1900), Uri Caine (1956), Ransom Riggs (1979), Anne Jeffreys (1923), Bob McGrath (1932), and Kiera Cass (1981).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Colson Whitehead ranks 906. Before him are Vachel Lindsay (1879), Ogden Nash (1902), Christopher Moore (1957), Countee Cullen (1903), Richelle Mead (1976), and Alice Sebold (1963). After him are Ransom Riggs (1979), Kiera Cass (1981), Sarah Winnemucca (1844), Laurell K. Hamilton (1963), Ellen Kushner (1955), and Andrew Kevin Walker (1964).

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