WRITER

Georgi Gospodinov

1968 - Today

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Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev (Bulgarian: Георги Господинов Георгиев; born January 7, 1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright. His novel Time Shelter received the 2023 International Booker Prize, shared with translator Angela Rodel, as well as the Strega European Prize. His novel The Physics of Sorrow received the Jan Michalski Prize and the Angelus Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgi Gospodinov has received more than 127,254 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Georgi Gospodinov is the 5,708th most popular writer (up from 5,934th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 267th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Bulgarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Time Shelter
2022
Physics of Sorrow
Fiction, general, Bulgarian fiction, Quality of work life
2015
And Other Stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
Fiction, short stories (single author)
2007
Natural novel
Divorce, Adultery, Fiction
2005
Az zhivi︠a︡kh sot︠s︡ializma
History, Bulgaria, Biography
2006
Fizika na tŭgata
2012

Page views of Georgi Gospodinovs by language

Over the past year Georgi Gospodinov has had the most page views in the with 74,452 views, followed by English (66,471), and German (8,384). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (295.45%), Spanish (273.74%), and Russian (259.49%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 5,708 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoni Słonimski, Conrad Hall, Henry Ward Beecher, Manuel Rivas, Peider Lansel, and Peter Morgan. After him are Sarmad Kashani, Dragutin Tadijanović, Karel van de Woestijne, Joe Orton, Ralf König, and Anna Kavan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 279. Before him are Cecilia Malmström, Matt Le Tissier, Parker Posey, Bertrand Bonello, Tricky, and Sebastian Bach. After him are Ramzi Yousef, Marie-José Pérec, Florence Devouard, Chris Gueffroy, Luke Goss, and James Frain.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 234 out of 415. Before him are Yordan Radichkov (1929), Manuela Maleeva (1967), Kliment of Tarnovo (1841), Kiril Rakarov (1932), Simeon Simeonov (1946), and Volen Siderov (1956). After him are Dimitar Stanchov (1863), Katya Paskaleva (1945), Aleksandar Tomov (1949), Zlatko Yankov (1966), Martin Petrov (1979), and Khristo Markov (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Georgi Gospodinov ranks 32. Before him are Yordan Yovkov (1880), Kostas Varnalis (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Anton Donchev (1930), Dimitar Dimov (1909), and Yordan Radichkov (1929). After him are Michael Arlen (1895), and Ilija Trojanow (1965).

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