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 422,160 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

After the Dance
Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Karneval
2002
Brother, I'm dying
Social conditions, Uncles, Family
From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so she was both elated and saddened when, at twelve, she joined her parents and youngest brothers in New York City. As Edwidge made a life in a new country, adjusting to being far away from so many who she loved, she and her family continued to fear for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorated. In 2004, they entered into a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. Brother I'm Dying is an astonishing true-life epic, told on an intimate scale by one of our finest writers.From the Trade Paperback edition.
2007
Breath, eyes, memory
Fiction, Americans, Women travelers
1994
Krik? Krak!
Cuentos, Ficción, Fiction
1995
The dew breaker
Fiction, Haitian Americans, Torture
2004
The farming of bones
Fiction, Haitians in fiction, Haitians
1998

Page views of Edwidge Danticats by language

Over the past year Edwidge Danticat has had the most page views in the with 40,127 views, followed by Spanish (3,191), and French (3,167). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (97.76%), Serbo-Croatian (66.97%), and Igbo (58.31%)

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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