WRITER

John Hersey

1914 - 1993

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John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hersey has received more than 552,518 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Hersey is the 4,923rd most popular writer (down from 4,865th in 2019), the 903rd most popular biography from China (down from 843rd in 2019) and the 108th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Wall
Fiction, Fiction in English, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Riveting and compelling. *The Wall* tells the inspiring story of forty men and women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution and as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation, humiliation, and cruelty- a gripping and visceral story, impossible to put down. "Only a true novelist could breathe warmth, compassion, humor, into what a historian would necessarily have pictured as a stark, hopeless tragic series of events. Only a sensitive novelist could compel us to embark upon such a fearful adventure as this and remain until the end" **-The New York Times** "A searching, heroic story." **-The Atlantic**
1950
Hiroshima
Kernwapens, World War, 1939-1945, Atomic bomb
Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast.
1946
The Algiers Motel incident
Riots, History, Riot, 1967
1968
A bell for Adano
Fiction, History, Pulitzer Prize Winner
A story about an Italian-American army officer in Sicily during World War II, who tries to help the people of the town of Adano get a new town bell after the Fascists had the old one melted down.
1944
A single pebble
Fiction in English, Dams, Fiction
1956

Page views of John Herseys by language

Over the past year John Hersey has had the most page views in the with 68,081 views, followed by Japanese (5,749), and Spanish (5,402). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (117.63%), Latin (116.09%), and Italian (99.08%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Hersey ranks 4,923 out of 7,302. Before him are Willem Bilderdijk, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, Richard Bentley, Ján Hollý, Beatriz Galindo, and Sophia Elisabet Brenner. After him are Heinrich Christian Boie, Sam Houser, Mark Frost, Swarnakumari Devi, Marin Sorescu, and Wang Meng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, John Hersey ranks 282. Before him are Walter Behrendt, Peter Whitehead, Emmanuel Roblès, Elfriede Kaun, Wendell Corey, and Franz von Werra. After him are František Čapek, Martí de Riquer i Morera, Viljo Heino, Jack LaLanne, Anna Maria Ortese, and Daniel J. Boorstin. Among people deceased in 1993, John Hersey ranks 198. Before him are Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Jean Cau, Hans Werner Richter, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, Mario Genta, and Sven Thofelt. After him are Héctor De Bourgoing, Alfred Manessier, André Pilette, Mario Cecchi Gori, Gustav Ernesaks, and Joe Kelly.

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In China

Among people born in China, John Hersey ranks 903 out of 1,610. Before him are Coco Lee (1975), Keye Luke (1904), Wu Wenjun (1919), Chang Wanquan (1949), Liang Shuming (1893), and Xiao Zhan (1991). After him are Yan Huiqing (1877), Li Xi (1956), Wang Meng (1934), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), Cai Chusheng (1906), and Lisa Lu (1927).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, John Hersey ranks 108. Before him are Wen Yiduo (1899), Can Xue (1953), Wang Guowei (1877), Lin Shu (1852), Zhang Jie (1937), and Zhu Ziqing (1898). After him are Wang Meng (1934), Ingrid Noll (1935), Jiang Rong (1946), Fang Fang (1955), Ha Jin (1956), and You Xie (1958).

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