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James Kelman

1946 - Today

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James Kelman (born 9 June 1946) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist. His fiction and short stories feature accounts of internal mental processes of usually, but not exclusively, working class narrators and their labyrinthine struggles with authority or social interactions, mostly set in his home city of Glasgow. Frequently employing stream of consciousness experimentation, Kelman's stories typically feature "an atmosphere of gnarling paranoia, imprisoned minimalism, the boredom of survival.". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Kelman has received more than 194,047 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. James Kelman is the 6,007th most popular writer (down from 5,551st in 2019), the 5,549th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,347th in 2019) and the 619th most popular British Writer.

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  • 190k

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  • 37.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Kelman ranks 6,007 out of 5,755. Before him are Zlata Filipović, Annie Dillard, James Weldon Johnson, David Malouf, Gertrude Atherton, and Nic Pizzolatto. After him are Michael Rosen, Kerry Kennedy, Dinah Craik, Rohinton Mistry, Randall Jarrell, and Nahed Hattar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, James Kelman ranks 672. Before him are Julia Annas, Zeca, Richard Bauckham, Aruna Roy, Tim Thomerson, and Allen Lanier. After him are Mel Martínez, Michael Rosen, Ben Vereen, Leo Rossi, Stuart Christie, and Barbara Lee.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Kelman ranks 5,549 out of 7,765. Before him are Keith Devlin (1947), Bill McGarry (1927), Gabriella Wilde (1989), Alexa Chung (1983), Samuel West (1966), and Dennis Skinner (1932). After him are James Wordie (1889), Michael Rosen (1946), Dinah Craik (1826), Sarah Parish (1968), Paolo Nutini (1987), and Jay Bothroyd (1982).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Kelman ranks 619. Before him are Pippa Middleton (1983), Ronald Firbank (1886), Colley Cibber (1671), Russell T Davies (1963), Cressida Cowell (1966), and Peter Morgan (1963). After him are Michael Rosen (1946), Dinah Craik (1826), Conn Iggulden (1971), John Lydgate (1370), Grant Morrison (1960), and P. H. Newby (1918).

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