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Gay Talese

1932 - Today

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Gaetano "Gay" Talese (; born February 7, 1932) is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism and is considered, along with Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and Hunter S. Thompson, one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gay Talese has received more than 1,290,875 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gay Talese is the 5,147th most popular writer (down from 4,655th in 2019), the 7,869th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,120th in 2019) and the 629th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gay Talese ranks 5,147 out of 5,755. Before him are Anita Desai, Fatos Kongoli, Joël Dicker, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Arvid August Afzelius, and Patrick Chamoiseau. After him are Tim Powers, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Fang Fang, Izaak Walton, Frederick Rolfe, and Can Dündar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gay Talese ranks 372. Before him are Sergei Slonimsky, Derog Gioura, Gerald Carr, Abel Aganbegyan, José Varacka, and François Deguelt. After him are Robert L. Forward, Pak Ui-chun, Robert H. Dennard, Guillaume Bieganski, Muhammad Khan Junejo, and Imre Polyák.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gay Talese ranks 7,869 out of 18,182. Before him are Bob Brookmeyer (1929), A. P. Hill (1825), Mary Miles Minter (1902), Daniel Morgan (1736), DeHart Hubbard (1903), and Austin Pendleton (1940). After him are Jim Siedow (1920), Roma Maffia (1955), Daniel Henney (1979), Tim Powers (1952), Big Van Vader (1955), and Robert A. Parker (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gay Talese ranks 629. Before him are Helen Prejean (1939), Holly Black (1971), Frank O'Hara (1926), John Esposito (1940), Zitkala-Sa (1876), and Elmer Rice (1892). After him are Tim Powers (1952), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Christopher Paolini (1983), Alison Lurie (1926), Jerry Falwell (1933), and Ann Coulter (1961).

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