WRITER

Erica Jong

1942 - Today

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Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erica Jong has received more than 1,128,503 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Erica Jong is the 4,233rd most popular writer (down from 2,660th in 2019), the 5,606th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,476th in 2019) and the 455th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erica Jong ranks 4,233 out of 7,302. Before her are Arturo Uslar Pietri, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Albert Ehrenstein, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Francesco Mario Pagano, and Konrad Pellikan. After her are David Almond, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Annemarie Selinko, Panas Myrny, Mascha Kaléko, and Žemaitė.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Erica Jong ranks 375. Before her are Vinicio Cerezo, Tammy Wynette, Vladimir Kovalyonok, Paul Butterfield, David Proval, and Juan Diego. After her are Bernd Kannenberg, Flora Purim, Jean Shrimpton, Gabriela Adameșteanu, José Omar Pastoriza, and Country Joe McDonald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erica Jong ranks 5,606 out of 20,380. Before her are Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Ron Silver (1946), Merle Haggard (1937), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Bobby Bland (1930), and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973). After her are Jobyna Ralston (1899), L. Scott Caldwell (1950), Michael Gross (1947), John Diehl (1950), James Edward Keeler (1857), and Jim Reeves (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Erica Jong ranks 455. Before her are Leigh Brackett (1915), Louise Erdrich (1954), Sonny Barger (1938), Ida B. Wells (1862), Theodore Roszak (1933), and Charlaine Harris (1951). After her are Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), Bill Bryson (1951), James Blish (1921), Rube Goldberg (1883), Edna Ferber (1885), and Diane Disney Miller (1933).

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