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WRITER

Jamaica Kincaid

1949 - Today

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Jamaica Kincaid (; born May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jamaica Kincaid has received more than 812,741 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jamaica Kincaid is the 4,935th most popular writer (up from 5,003rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Antigua and Barbuda (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Antiguan, Barbudan Writer.

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  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 4,935 out of 5,755Before her are Jorge Icaza Coronel, George Holyoake, František Halas, James C. Collins, Clara Reeve, and Charles Montagu Doughty. After her are José Luandino Vieira, Nicholas Meyer, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Pascal Lainé, Béatrix Beck, and Tsitsi Dangarembga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 427Before her are Heather Menzies, Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Nadia Cassini, Jacques Weber, Orani João Tempesta, and Kriengsak Kovitvanit. After her are Hartmut Briesenick, Charles Fefferman, John Farnham, Chrisye, Bernd Nickel, and Richard Hell.

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In Antigua and Barbuda

Among people born in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 2 out of 11Before her are Rodney Williams (1947). After her are Baldwin Spencer (1948), Louise Lake-Tack (1944), Vere Bird (1910), Gaston Browne (1967), James Carlisle (1937), Viv Richards (1952), James Beckford (1975), Brendan Christian (1983), and Daniel Bailey (1986).

Among WRITERS In Antigua and Barbuda

Among writers born in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 1