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Donald Richie

1924 - 2013

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Donald Richie (April 17, 1924 – February 19, 2013) was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Richie has received more than 148,653 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Donald Richie is the 5,686th most popular writer (down from 5,293rd in 2019), the 8,684th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,462nd in 2019) and the 671st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Japanese cinema
Motion pictures, History
1971
The films of Akira Kurosawa
Motion pictures, Criticism and interpretation, CRITICA E. INTERPRETACION
1965
Introducing Japan
Pictorial works
1978
Ozu
Criticism and interpretation, Biography, Motion picture producers and directors
1974
The Japanese movie
Motion pictures
1966
The Inland Sea
Description and travel, Zeeën, Cultuur
1971

Page views of Donald Richies by language

Over the past year Donald Richie has had the most page views in the with 16,919 views, followed by Japanese (4,507), and French (1,319). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (56.22%), Egyptian Arabic (52.46%), and Breton (48.39%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donald Richie ranks 5,686 out of 7,302. Before him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Gwendolyn Brooks, Herberto Hélder, Cynthia McLeod, Lew Rockwell, and Walter Moers. After him are John Holt, Charles Allston Collins, Willi Apel, Lualhati Bautista, Erwin Strittmatter, and Edward Wilmot Blyden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Donald Richie ranks 405. Before him are Gail Russell, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Bob Kurland, Silvano Piovanelli, Raúl Córdoba, and Erkki Kataja. After him are Gisela May, Joseph Nérette, Muhammad Osman Said, Margaret Truman, Evelyn Boyd Granville, and Maria Golubnichaya. Among people deceased in 2013, Donald Richie ranks 384. Before him are Regina Bianchi, Bob Kurland, Carlos Graça, Paul Bearer, Richard LeParmentier, and Irina Petrescu. After him are George E. P. Box, Walter Jens, Ruth Patrick, Nino Bibbia, Cedar Walton, and Alfonso Lara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Richie ranks 8,684 out of 20,380. Before him are Lew Rockwell (1944), Kevin J. O'Connor (1963), David Cross (1964), John Layfield (1966), C. R. Hagen (1937), and Anne Dudek (1975). After him are Owen Roizman (1936), Chesty Puller (1898), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), John Holt (1923), and Penny Pritzker (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Donald Richie ranks 671. Before him are Kevin Kelly (1952), Edmund White (1940), Alison Lurie (1926), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), and Lew Rockwell (1944). After him are John Holt (1923), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Dee Brown (1908), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), and Robert Christgau (1942).

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