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Colum McCann

1965 - Today

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Colum McCann (born 28 February 1965) is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York. He is the co-founder and President of Narrative 4, an international empathy education nonprofit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colum McCann has received more than 368,865 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Colum McCann is the 5,626th most popular writer (down from 5,574th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 358th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 370k

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  • 41.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colum McCann ranks 5,626 out of 5,755Before him are Edward Everett Hale, John Betjeman, Sarah J. Maas, Anna Löwenstein, Kenneth Rexroth, and Owen Barfield. After him are John Perry Barlow, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Karel Schoeman, James Cooke Brown, John Langalibalele Dube, and Christoph Ransmayr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Colum McCann ranks 357Before him are Alva Noto, Jami Gertz, Kathleen Kinmont, Miri Regev, Franck Sauzée, and Arminas Narbekovas. After him are Simon Sebag Montefiore, Kevin Williamson, John van Loen, Nigel Short, Jam Master Jay, and Maria Pitillo.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Colum McCann ranks 299 out of 501Before him are Allen Leech (1981), George Brent (1904), Derek Daly (1953), Robert Sheehan (1988), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), and Jack Gleeson (1992). After him are Charlie McGettigan (1950), Joshua Pim (1869), William Hobson (1792), Desmond Connell (1926), Barry Keoghan (1992), and Richard Mulcahy (1886).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Colum McCann ranks 44Before him are John Connolly (1968), Colm Tóibín (1955), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), and Frank Harris (1856). After him are Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Roddy Doyle (1958), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Nahum Tate (1652), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), and Anne Enright (1962).