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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 1,867,176 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Colson Whitehead is the 5,678th most popular writer (down from 5,518th in 2019), the 10,196th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,075th in 2019) and the 772nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colson Whitehead ranks 5,678 out of 5,755. Before him are Angie Sage, Helen Bannerman, Roddy Doyle, Bill Bright, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and Tom Kapinos. After him are Māra Zālīte, Philip Massinger, Lydia Maria Child, Patrick Grainville, Alberto Dines, and Justine Musk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Colson Whitehead ranks 381. Before him are Chuck Liddell, Rana Hussein, Olivia d'Abo, Meltem Cumbul, MC Solaar, and Tom Kapinos. After him are Marcus Stephen, Adriana Esteves, Nyamko Sabuni, Kyle Richards, Kim Rhodes, and Hidehiko Yoshida.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Colson Whitehead ranks 10,196 out of 18,182. Before him are Breckin Meyer (1974), Bill Bright (1921), Brian Welch (1970), Chris Bosh (1984), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), and Tom Kapinos (1969). After him are Leon Rippy (1949), Bernie Casey (1939), Kid Cudi (1984), Charles Farrell (1900), Kevin S. Bright (1954), and Walter Rauschenbusch (1861).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Colson Whitehead ranks 772. Before him are Arthur Laurents (1917), Greg Daniels (1963), George B. Seitz (1888), Theodore Roethke (1908), Bill Bright (1921), and Tom Kapinos (1969). After him are Lydia Maria Child (1802), Walker Percy (1916), Tim Kring (1957), Richelle Mead (1976), Carol Shields (1935), and Tracy Hickman (1955).

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