WRITER

Hwang Sok-yong

1943 - Today

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Hwang Sok-yong (born January 4, 1943) is a South Korean novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hwang Sok-yong has received more than 92,375 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hwang Sok-yong is the 4,252nd most popular writer, the 852nd most popular biography from China and the 97th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Guest
Korean war, 1950-1953, fiction, Fiction, general, Korean War, 1950-1953
2007
Old Garden
Korea, fiction, Fiction, romance, contemporary
2009
Intʻŏnet sidae ŭi saeroun chŏngchʻi hwanʼgyŏng kwa ŏllon
Korea (South), Political aspects of Mass media, Mass media
2000
Mater 2-10
2023
Familiar Things
Fiction
2017
Shim Chong
2012

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hwang Sok-yong ranks 4,252 out of 7,302. Before him are Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Valerian Pidmohylny, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Carmen de Burgos, and Bel Kaufman. After him are Anthony Hope, Titsian Tabidze, Penelope Delta, James Blish, Yu Dafu, and Richard Beer-Hofmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Hwang Sok-yong ranks 393. Before him are Vaclav Smil, Vassilis Alexakis, Luis Eduardo Aute, Frances Lee McCain, Bernd Patzke, and Robert Durst. After him are Juan Giménez, Jaak Panksepp, Tony Joe White, Peter Sinfield, Janet Margolin, and John Lennox.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hwang Sok-yong ranks 852 out of 1,610. Before him are Carina Lau (1965), Song Renqiong (1909), Yan Lianke (1958), Ma Duanlin (1245), Yu Rongguang (1958), and Liu Yandong (1945). After him are Yu Dafu (1896), P. C. Chang (1892), Huang Fu (1883), Chen Zi'ang (661), Henry Luce (1898), and Wang Yang (1955).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Hwang Sok-yong ranks 97. Before him are Zhou Zuoren (1885), Cui Hao (704), Taranatha (1575), Katherine Paterson (1932), Yan Lianke (1958), and Ma Duanlin (1245). After him are Yu Dafu (1896), Chen Zi'ang (661), Mervyn Peake (1911), Dai Sijie (1954), Wen Yiduo (1899), and Can Xue (1953).

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