WRITER

Ian Buruma

1951 - Today

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Ian Buruma (born 28 December 1951) is a Dutch writer and editor who lives and works in the United States. In 2017, he became editor of The New York Review of Books, but left the position in September 2018. Much of his writing has focused on the culture of Asia, particularly that of China and 20th-century Japan. He was the Paul W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Buruma has received more than 305,887 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ian Buruma is the 5,937th most popular writer (down from 5,486th in 2019), the 930th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 829th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ian Buruma ranks 5,937 out of 7,302. Before him are Meg Cabot, Alvah Bessie, René Boylesve, Jorge Enrique Adoum, William Inge, and Mina Loy. After him are Zoé Valdés, Wilma Mankiller, Philippe Delerm, Christian Kracht, Göran Sonnevi, and Sita Ram Goel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ian Buruma ranks 495. Before him are Roy A. Tucker, Lyn McClements, Jóannes Eidesgaard, Dean Kamen, Vytenis Andriukaitis, and Terry McDermott. After him are Sylvia Rivera, Brian Grazer, Júlio César Leal, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Harry Groener, and Patricia Richardson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ian Buruma ranks 930 out of 1,646. Before him are Steven Rooks (1960), Robert Westerholt (1975), Bertha Brouwer (1930), Charles Pahud de Mortanges (1896), John Metgod (1958), and Mounir El Hamdaoui (1984). After him are Frans Thijssen (1952), Christijan Albers (1979), Kees Broekman (1927), Caro Emerald (1981), Petra Burka (1946), and Theo de Meester (1851).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Ian Buruma ranks 57. Before him are Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881), Meindert DeJong (1906), Hendrik Marsman (1899), Guus Kuijer (1942), J. Slauerhoff (1898), and Gerrit Achterberg (1905). After him are Michel Faber (1960), Renate Dorrestein (1954), Gerbrand Bakker (1962), Arnon Grunberg (1971), Jan van Steenbergen (1970), and Rutger Bregman (1988).

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