WRITER

Jonathan Franzen

1959 - Today

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Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Franzen has received more than 2,495,005 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Jonathan Franzen is the 2,868th most popular writer (down from 2,271st in 2019), the 3,625th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,923rd in 2019) and the 313th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jonathan Franzen ranks 2,868 out of 7,302. Before him are Maurice Sendak, Ferenc Kazinczy, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kostis Palamas, Anthony Horowitz, and Gu Yanwu. After him are Giacomo da Lentini, Jack Williamson, Robert Penn Warren, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Lucia Berlin, and Erich Fried.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Jonathan Franzen ranks 131. Before him are Jim Yong Kim, Stephen Harper, Helmuth Duckadam, Roberto Fiore, Henry Czerny, and R. A. Salvatore. After him are Patrick Bruel, Adri van der Poel, Hassan Diab, Ferzan Özpetek, Brian Thompson, and Mark Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Franzen ranks 3,625 out of 20,380. Before him are John Krasinski (1979), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Edith Wilson (1872), Marsha Hunt (1917), Anne Revere (1903), and Alexander Vandegrift (1887). After him are Chris O'Donnell (1970), The Big Bopper (1930), Dee Wallace (1948), Gabriel Almond (1911), Jack Williamson (1908), and Robert Penn Warren (1905).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jonathan Franzen ranks 313. Before him are Carl Sandburg (1878), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Ben Hecht (1893), William L. Shirer (1904), Anne McCaffrey (1926), and Maurice Sendak (1928). After him are Jack Williamson (1908), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Lucia Berlin (1936), Lawrence Block (1938), Andre Norton (1912), and Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897).

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