1953 - Today
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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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.
1907 - 1993
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 4,691
1873 - 1932
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 4,692
1927 - 2012
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 4,693
1923 - 2022
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 4,694
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 4,695
1572 - 1632
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 4,696
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 4,697
1937 - 1972
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 4,698
1923 - 1994
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 4,699
1914 - 1993
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 4,700
1900 - 1996
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 4,701
1910 - 2006
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 4,702
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 4,703
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.
1953 - 2017
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 285
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 286
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 287
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 288
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 289
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 290
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 291
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 292
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 293
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 294
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 295
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 296
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 297
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).
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 31
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 32
1926 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 33
1907 - 1944
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 34
1865 - 1942
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 35
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 36
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 37
1948 - 2020
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 38
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 39
1745 - 1818
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 40
1937 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 41
1932 - 2010
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 42
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 43
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).
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 1
1926 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 2
1907 - 1944
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 4
1969 - Present
HPI: 31.40
Rank: 5