WRITER

Damon Galgut

1963 - Today

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Damon Galgut (born 12 November 1963) is a South African novelist and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damon Galgut has received more than 303,469 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Damon Galgut is the 6,340th most popular writer (down from 5,961st in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 203rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Damon Galgut ranks 6,340 out of 7,302. Before him are Bill Prady, Kathleen Raine, Brian Friel, Pat Conroy, Angie Sage, and Dominique Bona. After him are Arthur Kopit, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Elizabeth Moon, Oscar Hijuelos, Frances Power Cobbe, and Susan Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Damon Galgut ranks 530. Before him are Lysette Anthony, Eros Poli, Ines Diers, Raimond van der Gouw, Kayhan Kalhor, and Solvita Āboltiņa. After him are Toshiya Miura, Jiří Parma, Igor Zhelezovski, Caren Metschuck, Paul McGuigan, and Shin Kyung-sook.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Damon Galgut ranks 202 out of 454. Before him are Govan Mbeki (1910), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Robert Fowler (1931), Kimbal Musk (1972), David Benatar (1966), and Phillip V. Tobias (1925). After him are Joan Harrison (1935), Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), Luki Botha (1930), Maggie Laubser (1886), and Phil Masinga (1969).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Damon Galgut ranks 18. Before him are Alan Paton (1903), Andrew Murray (1828), Elsa Joubert (1922), Antjie Krog (1952), Athol Fugard (1932), and Karel Schoeman (1939). After him are Bessie Head (1937), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Fatima Meer (1928), Es'kia Mphahlele (1919), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), and Zoleka Mandela (1980).

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