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Dany Laferrière

1953 - Today

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Dany Laferrière (born Windsor Kléber Laferrière, 13 April 1953) is a Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist who writes in French. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dany Laferrière has received more than 174,965 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Dany Laferrière is the 4,697th most popular writer (down from 4,577th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Haiti (down from 31st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Haitian Writer.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dany Laferrière ranks 4,697 out of 5,755. Before him are Leslie Charteris, Ioannis Chrysafis, Jacques Dupin, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Einar Már Guðmundsson, and Thomas Dekker. After him are Alexander Vampilov, Ladislav Fuks, Hamo Sahyan, Hermann Kesten, György Faludy, and David Peoples.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Dany Laferrière ranks 291. Before him are Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Steve Jackson, Peter Schreyer, Jan Kjærstad, Yuri Bashmet, and Tony Carey. After him are Carole André, Gil Birmingham, Angelo Parisi, Mark Frost, Glykeria, and Oscar Alberto Ortiz.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Dany Laferrière ranks 37 out of 80. Before him are Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1943), Michaëlle Jean (1957), René Depestre (1926), Jacques Roumain (1907), Louis Borno (1865), and Chibly Langlois (1958). After him are Ernst Jean-Joseph (1948), Wyclef Jean (1969), Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1745), Prosper Avril (1937), Marc Bazin (1932), and Michèle Pierre-Louis (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Haiti

Among writers born in Haiti, Dany Laferrière ranks 4. Before him are Frankétienne (1936), René Depestre (1926), and Jacques Roumain (1907). After him are Edwidge Danticat (1969).

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