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David Ignatius

1950 - Today

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David Reynolds Ignatius (born May 26, 1950) is an American journalist and novelist. He is an associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post. He has written eleven novels, including Body of Lies, which director Ridley Scott adapted into a film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Ignatius has received more than 668,544 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Ignatius is the 6,829th most popular writer, the 14,292nd most popular biography from United States and the 1,038th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Body of Lies
Fiction, Terrorists, Middle east, fiction
2007
America and the world
Sources, Nonfiction, Politics
The status of the United States as a world power, and the nature of power itself, are at a historic turning point. It is essential that we understand and adapt to the new security environment in which we find ourselves. Two of the most respected figures in American foreign policy are Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft-both former National Security Advisors under markedly different administrations. In 'America and the World' they dissect, in spontaneous and unscripted conversations moderated by David Ignatius, the most significant foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.: the Middle East, Russia, China, Europe, the Developing World, the changing nature of power in a globalized world, and what Brzezinski has called the "global political awakening." While one author is a Republican and the other a Democrat, they broadly agree on the need to adapt to a new international environment. Where they disagree, their exchanges are always both deeply informed and provocative. 'America and the World' will define the center of responsible opinion on American foreign policy at a time when the nation's decisions could determine how long it remains a superpower.
1863
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
British and irish drama, Classical Literature, Conflict of generations
2002
Bloodmoney
United states, fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Pakistan, fiction
2011
More Stories to Remember -- Volume II
Collections, Fiction, Short stories
Good morning, Miss Dove / Frances Gray Patton -- Turn about / William Faulkner -- Mary Smith / Booth Tarkington -- Clerical error / James Gould Cozzens -- The suicide club / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Eighteen oak ties / Tim Pridgen -- Ultima Thule / John Galsworthy -- Anty Bligh / John Masefield -- Sam Weller makes his bow / Charles Dickens -- The Croxley master / Arthur Conan Doyle -- François Villon meets a woman / John Erskine -- Father and the cook / Clarence Day, Jr. -- The grave grass quivers / Mackinlay Kantor -- The king waits / Clemence Dane -- Babylon revisited / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The bowmen / Arthur Machen -- [The murder of Roger Ackroyd ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL472086W)/ Agatha Christie.
1958
Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy
Totalitarianism
1956

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Ignatius ranks 6,829 out of 7,302. Before him are Wei Hui, Federico Andahazi, Michael Goldenberg, Peter Hedges, Bharati Mukherjee, and Kofi Awoonor. After him are Robert Bridges, Anne Enright, Jan van Steenbergen, Hamid Mir, Seth Meyers, and Elaine Showalter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, David Ignatius ranks 712. Before him are Pamela Franklin, Jaime Villegas, Raza Murad, Larry Perkins, Liz Chase, and Eshetu Tura. After him are Jackie Speier, Barbara Barrett, Malcolm Macdonald, Parveen Sultana, Filippos Petsalnikos, and Joseph R. Tanner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Ignatius ranks 14,292 out of 20,380. Before him are Rocky Gray (1974), Eric Flaim (1967), Sarah Jones (1983), Swizz Beatz (1978), Noah Centineo (1996), and Dick Gregory (1932). After him are Pete Buttigieg (1982), Brittney Griner (1990), Sandy Neilson (1956), Sunny (1989), Lucille Bremer (1917), and W. Earl Brown (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Ignatius ranks 1,038. Before him are Ann Leckie (1966), James Merrill (1926), William Gilmore Simms (1806), Anna Todd (1989), Michael Goldenberg (1965), and Peter Hedges (1962). After him are Seth Meyers (1973), Elaine Showalter (1941), Michael Arndt (1970), Faye Kellerman (1952), Dan Barker (1949), and Robert Pinsky (1940).

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