WRITER

George Saunders

1958 - Today

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George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, "American Psyche", to The Guardian's weekend magazine between 2006 and 2008. A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Saunders has received more than 1,769,107 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). George Saunders is the 6,178th most popular writer (down from 5,789th in 2019), the 10,602nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,944th in 2019) and the 786th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Saunders ranks 6,178 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Creeley, Philip Massinger, Paul Scott, Anthony Doerr, Jānis Akuraters, and Michael Drayton. After her are David McCullough, Maxine Kumin, George Woodcock, Maria Teresa Horta, Gillian Flynn, and Albert Kivikas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, George Saunders ranks 469. Before her are Michael Robinson, Daniel Schneidermann, Euzhan Palcy, Edevaldo de Freitas, Julio César Uribe, and Iva Bittová. After her are Walter Junghans, Roberto Guerrero, Alain Couriol, Xavier Becerra, Magnus Lindberg, and Ezio Gamba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Saunders ranks 10,602 out of 20,380. Before her are Alphonzo Bell (1875), Bridgette Wilson (1973), Peter Cooper (1791), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Joseph Stadler (1880), and Barrie M. Osborne (1944). After her are Bob Skelton (1903), Donald Piper (1911), Thora Birch (1982), Jim Starlin (1949), Gladys Brockwell (1893), and David McCullough (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George Saunders ranks 786. Before her are Jerry Pournelle (1933), Charles Olson (1910), Henry Jenkins (1958), Theodore Roethke (1908), Robert Creeley (1926), and Anthony Doerr (1973). After her are David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), Gillian Flynn (1971), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Lester Bangs (1948), and Amory Lovins (1947).

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