WRITER

Helen Prejean

1939 - Today

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Helen Prejean ( pray-ZHAHN; born April 21, 1939) is a Catholic religious sister and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. She is known for her best-selling book, Dead Man Walking (1993), based on her experiences with two convicts on death row for whom she served as spiritual adviser before their executions. In her book, she explored the effects of the death penalty on everyone involved. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Prejean has received more than 749,489 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Prejean is the 4,333rd most popular writer (up from 5,094th in 2019), the 5,770th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,734th in 2019) and the 465th most popular American Writer.

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  • 750k

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  • 56.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helen Prejean ranks 4,333 out of 7,302. Before her are Mordecai Richler, Herbert Achternbusch, Dorothee Sölle, Franciszek Karpiński, Orhan Kemal, and Winston Graham. After her are Breyten Breytenbach, Ruth Westheimer, Maksim Tank, Connie Willis, Yurii Andrukhovych, and Moacyr Scliar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Helen Prejean ranks 345. Before her are Raymond J. Barry, Christodoulos of Athens, Ferdinand Bracke, Vivi Bach, Richard Posner, and Yves Boisset. After her are Breyten Breytenbach, Günther Herrmann, John Hopcroft, Ernie Terrell, Adrienne Clarkson, and Theo Waigel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Prejean ranks 5,770 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Posner (1939), Stephen F. Austin (1793), Noah Wyle (1971), Kate Pierson (1948), Mary Wickes (1910), and David Spade (1964). After her are Laura Hope Crews (1879), George Pickett (1825), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Marcia Wallace (1942), and Jean Shiley (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Helen Prejean ranks 465. Before her are Rube Goldberg (1883), Edna Ferber (1885), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Ivanka Trump (1981), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), and Mike Resnick (1942). After her are Connie Willis (1945), Larry Collins (1929), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), William Gaddis (1922), William Wharton (1925), and Arthur Golden (1956).

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