WRITER

Joe Haldeman

1943 - Today

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Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974), which was inspired by his experiences as a combat soldier in the Vietnam War. That novel and other works, including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Haldeman has received more than 515,648 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Joe Haldeman is the 3,713th most popular writer (down from 3,577th in 2019), the 4,750th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,739th in 2019) and the 394th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mindbridge
Fiction in English
1976
Tool of the trade
American Science fiction
1987
Worlds
1981
The Forever War
Aging, Hugo Award Winner, Fiction in English
1975
Worlds apart
1983
1968
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Fiction, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
1994

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joe Haldeman ranks 3,713 out of 7,302. Before him are Nancy Mitford, Cristina Calderón, Mustai Karim, Borisav Stanković, Nataliya Kobrynska, and Al-Nabigha. After him are Galaktion Tabidze, Buhturi, Grigore Vieru, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Janet Asimov, and Évariste de Parny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Joe Haldeman ranks 346. Before him are Shannon Lucid, Patrick D'Rozario, Gigi Meroni, Jeffrey Tate, David Geffen, and Éva Marton. After him are Gil Amelio, Erika Steinbach, Petar Skansi, Ottavio Bianchi, Giancarlo De Sisti, and Oliver North.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Haldeman ranks 4,750 out of 20,380. Before him are RuPaul (1960), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Daron Malakian (1975), Jerry Schatzberg (1927), Jerry Zucker (1950), and Vince Neil (1961). After him are Alice Paul (1885), Carol Burnett (1933), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Margaret Sullavan (1909), Jim Courier (1970), and Loretta Lynn (1932).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joe Haldeman ranks 394. Before him are John Ashbery (1927), Richard Yates (1926), Marta Kauffman (1956), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Thomas Friedman (1953), and Robert Leckie (1920). After him are Janet Asimov (1926), James A. Michener (1907), Og Mandino (1923), John Gray (1951), Hal Clement (1922), and Marilyn French (1929).

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