WRITER

David Diop

1966 - Today

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David Diop (born 24 February 1966) is a French novelist and academic, who specializes in 18th-century French and Francophone African literature. His research, at the University of Pau in south-west France, focuses on representations of Africa in 18th-century accounts and images by travellers. Diop received the 2021 International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood Is Black as the first French author (translated by Anna Moschovakis). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Diop has received more than 169,392 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Diop is the 6,529th most popular writer (down from 5,682nd in 2019), the 5,364th most popular biography from France (down from 4,727th in 2019) and the 660th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Germans d'ànima
2019
Porte Du Voyage Sans Retour
Romance literature
2021
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum
Readers (Secondary), Study and teaching (Secondary), Literature
1999
At Night All Blood Is Black
Romance literature, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical
2018
Hammer blows and other writings
Translations into English, Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1973
Coups de pilon
African writers, French poetry, French prose literature
Great french literature material
1956

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Diop ranks 6,529 out of 7,302. Before him are Ellen Kushner, Andrew Kevin Walker, Elizabeth Inchbald, Maylis de Kerangal, Arkady Babchenko, and Richard Lovelace. After him are Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Dennis Prager, Anthony Boucher, Jeff Noon, Dorothy E. Smith, and Sibylle Lewitscharoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, David Diop ranks 485. Before him are Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mário Centeno, Yūko Minaguchi, Andy Richter, Tory Burch, and Dan O'Brien. After him are Luc Leblanc, Tibor Navracsics, Sholban Kara-ool, Dimitris Lyacos, Yelena Nikolayeva, and Greg Maddux.

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In France

Among people born in France, David Diop ranks 5,364 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Lacheau (1980), Cyril Despres (1974), Jordan Ayew (1991), André Testut (1926), Maylis de Kerangal (1967), and Jérôme Kerviel (1977). After him are Valérien Ismaël (1975), Philippe Riboud (1957), Nolwenn Leroy (1982), Luc Leblanc (1966), Jordan Veretout (1993), and Abdelkader Ghezzal (1984).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, David Diop ranks 660. Before him are Gilles Leroy (1958), Alexandre del Valle (1968), David Foenkinos (1974), Alberto Angela (1962), Véronique Tadjo (1955), and Maylis de Kerangal (1967). After him are Didier Van Cauwelaert (1960), Patrick Besson (1956), Marie Darrieussecq (1969), Édouard Louis (1992), Ann Scott (1965), and Éliette Abécassis (1969).

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