WRITER

Edwidge Danticat

1969 - Today

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Edwidge Danticat (Haitian Creole pronunciation: [ɛdwidʒ dãtika]; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwidge Danticat has received more than 450,032 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Edwidge Danticat is the 7,031st most popular writer (down from 6,328th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Haiti (down from 67th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Haitian Writer.

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  • 450k

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  • 34.59

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edwidge Danticat ranks 7,031 out of 7,302. Before her are Yvonne Vera, George Will, Maria Stepanova, Garth Nix, Geoff Johns, and Eka Kurniawan. After her are Evgeny Morozov, Walt Dohrn, Terry Nation, Aleksandra Skochilenko, Jorge Majfud, and Carl Frode Tiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Edwidge Danticat ranks 812. Before her are Ol Parker, Tetsuo Nakanishi, Javier Margas, Gabrielle, Richard Trautmann, and Csilla Bátorfi. After her are Mohammad Khakpour, Róbert Švehla, Greg Kurstin, Nikolaj Koppel, Lance Storm, and Akinori Mikami.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Edwidge Danticat ranks 81 out of 94. Before her are Joseph Jouthe (1961), Jean-Henry Céant (1956), Garcelle Beauvais (1966), Jack Guy Lafontant (1961), Laurent Lamothe (1972), and Meta Golding (1971). After her are Jean Pascal (1982), Adonis Stevenson (1977), Bermane Stiverne (1978), Wilde-Donald Guerrier (1989), Jean-Jacques Pierre (1981), and Réginal Goreux (1987).

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Among WRITERS In Haiti

Among writers born in Haiti, Edwidge Danticat ranks 5. Before her are Frankétienne (1936), René Depestre (1926), Jacques Roumain (1907), and Dany Laferrière (1953).

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