WRITER

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 1,281,860 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gay Talese is the 5,895th most popular writer (down from 5,129th in 2019), the 9,340th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,854th in 2019) and the 711th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Thy Neighbor's Wife
Moral conditions, Sex (Psychology), Sex customs
When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft, the book opened a window into a new world built on a new moral foundation, carrying the reader on a remarkable journey from the Playboy Mansion to the Supreme Court, to the backyards and bedrooms of suburbia—through the development of the porn industry, the rise of the "swinger" culture, the legal fight to define obscenity, and the daily sex lives of "ordinary" people. It is the book that forever changed the way Americans look at themselves and one another.
1980
Honor Thy Father
Mafia
1971
The kingdom and the power
American newspapers, New York times, Publishers and publishing
1911
Honor Thy Father
Mafia
1972
Fame and obscurity
Description and travel, Social life and customs, Fame
1970
Thy neighbor's wife
Sex customs, Moral conditions, Sexual ethics
1980

Page views of Gay Talese by language

Over the past year Gay Talese has had the most page views in the with 121,878 views, followed by Spanish (10,840), and Italian (5,330). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (137.76%), Simple English (124.12%), and Catalan (80.85%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gay Talese ranks 5,895 out of 7,302. Before him are Wilhelm Genazino, Katherine Pancol, Jaroslav Kvapil, Anthony Shaffer, Thomas Berger, and August Gailit. After him are Oscar Levertin, Wilbert Awdry, Lydie Salvayre, Henry Lincoln, Julia Donaldson, and Anthony Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gay Talese ranks 461. Before him are Mehmood, Malcolm Bradbury, Lamar Hunt, John McNally, John Jakes, and Mike Hodges. After him are Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Gösta Sandberg, Ahmet Berman, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Nasif Estéfano, and Alberto Winkler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gay Talese ranks 9,340 out of 20,380. Before him are Shannon Leto (1970), Jim Ross (1952), Danica McKellar (1975), Alan King (1927), Jonathan Harris (1914), and Thomas Berger (1924). After him are Wiz Khalifa (1987), George Lopez (1961), Arthur Shaw (1886), Richard Davis (1930), Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898), and Russell Wong (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gay Talese ranks 711. Before him are Eric Van Lustbader (1946), R. A. Lafferty (1914), Lyman Abbott (1835), Albert Maltz (1908), John Jakes (1932), and Thomas Berger (1924). After him are Michael Swanwick (1950), John Green (1977), John Berryman (1914), Naomi Novik (1973), Tim LaHaye (1926), and Hanya Yanagihara (1974).

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