WRITER

Janwillem van de Wetering

1931 - 2008

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Jan Willem Lincoln van de Wetering (February 12, 1931 – July 4, 2008) was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janwillem van de Wetering has received more than 108,266 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Janwillem van de Wetering is the 4,413th most popular writer (down from 4,128th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 599th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Dutch Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The blond baboon
Rinus DeGier (Fictitious character), Netherlands, Police
1978
The Rattle-Rat
Fiction, Henk Grijpstra (Fictitious character), Netherlands
1985
Lege spiegel
Japan, Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism), Zen Buddhism
1973
Buitelkruid
Rinus DeGier (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction in English
1976
Outsider in Amsterdam
Fiction, Henk Grijpstra (Fictitious character), Rinus DeGier (Fictitious character)
1975
The Japanese Corpse
Fiction, Fiction in English, Henk Grijpstra (Fictitious character)
1977

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Janwillem van de Wetering ranks 4,413 out of 7,302. Before him are Philip Reeve, Anna Katharine Green, Gerardo Diego, Abdul Rahman Munif, Kikkuli, and Greg Bear. After him are Raghunath Murmu, Mykola Kulish, Sara Lidman, Yuri Vizbor, Gerbrand Bredero, and Eggert Ólafsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Janwillem van de Wetering ranks 320. Before him are Mordecai Richler, Jean Philippe, Kenneth H. Cooper, Viktor Tsaryov, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, and Ahmed Laraki. After him are Sylvano Bussotti, Robert Stephens, Olja Ivanjicki, Mike Parkes, Ingrid van Bergen, and Lonnie Donegan. Among people deceased in 2008, Janwillem van de Wetering ranks 216. Before him are William Wharton, Ricardo Infante, Károly Németh, Abdulah Gegić, Mario Rigoni Stern, and Leonard Rosenman. After him are Ollie Johnston, David Gale, Kurt Furgler, Xie Jin, Luis de Souza Ferreira, and Ibrahim Nasir.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Janwillem van de Wetering ranks 675 out of 1,646. Before him are Harry Vos (1946), Bep Voskuijl (1919), Jan Wils (1891), Peter Aerts (1970), Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816), and Jaap Bakema (1914). After him are Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Hans van Manen (1932), Wim Jonk (1966), Simon Tahamata (1956), Richard Krajicek (1971), and Monique van de Ven (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Janwillem van de Wetering ranks 34. Before him are Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Bertus Aafjes (1914), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), Jan Wolkers (1925), and Simon Vestdijk (1898). After him are Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Mieke Bal (1946), Anna Enquist (1945), Betje Wolff (1738), Herman Heijermans (1864), and Willem Bilderdijk (1756).

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