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Guy Gavriel Kay

1954 - Today

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Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian writer of fantasy fiction. The majority of his novels take place in fictional settings that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Kay has expressed a preference to avoid genre categorization of these works as historical fantasy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Gavriel Kay has received more than 701,667 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Guy Gavriel Kay is the 5,197th most popular writer (down from 4,891st in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from Canada (down from 419th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guy Gavriel Kay ranks 5,197 out of 5,755. Before him are Elizabeth Hawley, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Benny Andersen, Marie NDiaye, Leyla Erbil, and John Clare. After him are Snorri Hjartarson, Marieluise Fleißer, Julia Navarro, Viivi Luik, Robert Christgau, and Christoph Hein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Guy Gavriel Kay ranks 377. Before him are Dennis Johnson, Andrei Sannikov, Andrzej Lepper, Oleg Romantsev, J. Michael Straczynski, and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle. After him are Caroline Cossey, Uli Stein, Adrie Koster, Leonard Mlodinow, Michael Shermer, and Ziad Fazah.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Guy Gavriel Kay ranks 454 out of 1,350. Before him are Anne Murray (1945), Lawrence Lambe (1863), Sven Delblanc (1931), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Linda Thorson (1947), and Pauline Marois (1949). After him are Jack Kruschen (1922), Robert Pickton (1949), Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), and Rob Pike (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Guy Gavriel Kay ranks 30. Before him are Wyndham Lewis (1882), Duncan Regehr (1952), Louise Penny (1958), Mark Strand (1934), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), and Sven Delblanc (1931). After him are Farley Mowat (1921), George Woodcock (1912), Justine Musk (1972), Gregory Colbert (1960), Mavis Gallant (1922), and E. Pauline Johnson (1861).

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