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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 1,639,746 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. George Saunders is the 5,811th most popular writer (down from 5,193rd in 2019), the 10,969th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,920th in 2019) and the 826th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Saunders ranks 5,811 out of 5,755. Before her are Susan Glaspell, Patrick Kavanagh, Gregory Colbert, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Guillermo Martínez, and Angus Wilson. After her are Tillie Olsen, Henry Vaughan, Tana French, Max Hastings, William Wycherley, and Carlton Cuse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, George Saunders ranks 448. Before her are Anita Skorgan, Yuval Steinitz, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Andris Šķēle, Roland Koch, and Shalva Natelashvili. After her are Scott Rudin, Daley Thompson, Masakuni Yamamoto, Julio César Uribe, Amadou Dia Ba, and Bengt-Åke Gustafsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Saunders ranks 10,969 out of 18,182. Before her are Al Franken (1951), Andrew Hill (1931), Michael Oher (1986), William Alland (1916), Meaghan Martin (1992), and Tyrell Biggs (1960). After her are Tillie Olsen (1912), Eric Allan Kramer (1962), Sonny Fortune (1939), Scott Rudin (1958), Janelle Monáe (1985), and Liz Cheney (1966).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George Saunders ranks 826. Before her are Bill Prady (1960), Bob Black (1951), Joel Osteen (1963), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Lauren Weisberger (1977), and Susan Glaspell (1876). After her are Tillie Olsen (1912), Tana French (1973), David McCullough (1933), John Burroughs (1837), John Patrick Shanley (1950), and Steven S. DeKnight (1910).

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