WRITER

Eleanor Catton

1985 - Today

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Eleanor Catton (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor Catton has received more than 471,494 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Eleanor Catton is the 7,171st most popular writer (down from 6,374th in 2019), the 1,162nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,002nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The rehearsal
Fiction, Theater, Teenage girls
2010
The Luminaries
Gold discoveries, Trials (Homicide), Trials (Murder)
Winner of the Man Booker Prize of 2013. Wonderful novel taking place in New-Zealand during the golden rush. Une intrigue complexe et fine à la fois, vrai roman d'aventure historique mais pas seulement. L'auteur s'amuse avec nous et nous mène de révélations en révélations tout en nous laissant à la fin du livre avec une grande envie de continuer dans le monde qu'elle a créé pour nous.
2013
The Rehearsal
Fiction, Literature
A teacher's affair with his underage student jolts a group of teenage girls into a new awareness of their own power. Their nascent desires surprise even themselves as they find the practice room where they rehearse with their saxophone teacher is the safe place where they can test out their abilities to attract and manipulate. It seems their every act is a performance, every platform a stage. But when the local drama school turns the story into their year-end show, the real world and the world of the theater are forced to meet. With the dates of the performances--the musicians' and the acting students'--approaching, the dramas, real and staged, begin to resemble each other, until they merge in a climax worthy of both life and art.
2009
De repetitie
2010
Las luminarias
2014

Page views of Eleanor Cattons by language

Over the past year Eleanor Catton has had the most page views in the with 77,247 views, followed by German (2,789), and Russian (2,647). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (82.50%), Korean (72.81%), and Basque (70.55%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eleanor Catton ranks 7,171 out of 7,302. Before her are Man Haron Monis, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Nalo Hopkinson, Sefi Atta, Stephen Glass, and Giuliana Rancic. After her are Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Sanjay Gupta, Jon Fisher, Paula Vogel, Douglas Stuart, and Paul Harding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Eleanor Catton ranks 843. Before her are Pablo Pérez, Elvedin Džinić, Ümit Korkmaz, Boukary Dramé, Florin Mergea, and Gustavo Cabral. After her are Azizbek Haydarov, Dani Hernández, Šárka Strachová, Andy Soucek, Wang Xu, and Tomasz Jodłowiec.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Eleanor Catton ranks 1,162 out of 1,622. Before her are Mark Leduc (1962), Melanie Scrofano (1982), Steven Stamkos (1990), Joe Nieuwendyk (1966), Derek Drouin (1990), and Alex Harvey (1988). After her are Martha Wainwright (1976), Rod Brind'Amour (1970), Jan Lisiecki (1995), Alexz Johnson (1986), Brooke D'Orsay (1982), and Emily Hampshire (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Eleanor Catton ranks 53. Before her are Cory Doctorow (1971), Robert C. Cooper (1968), Rachel Cusk (1967), Geoff Ryman (1951), Anne Michaels (1958), and Stephanie Savage (1969). After her are Anita Sarkeesian (1983), and Emily St. John Mandel (1979).

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