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Jonathan Lethem

1964 - Today

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Jonathan Allen Lethem (; born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. In 1999, Lethem published Motherless Brooklyn, a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel that achieved mainstream success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Lethem has received more than 666,309 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Lethem is the 6,181st most popular writer (down from 5,420th in 2019), the 13,258th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,497th in 2019) and the 973rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 670k

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  • 35.67

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jonathan Lethem ranks 6,181 out of 5,755Before him are Wei Hui, Susan Faludi, Albrecht Behmel, Carlos Salem, Neil Strauss, and Matthew Weiner. After him are Peter Hitchens, Aleš Debeljak, Benjamin Jowett, Carol J. Adams, Andrea Levy, and MacKinlay Kantor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Jonathan Lethem ranks 641Before him are Alexei Gusarov, José Pintos Saldanha, Manon Bollegraf, Ian Gomez, Osamu Taninaka, and Kathleen Wilhoite. After him are Aurélio Miguel, Sandra Magnus, Suat Atalık, John Ottman, Dirk Raudies, and Kim Kwang-sun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Lethem ranks 13,258 out of 18,182Before him are Ricki Lake (1968), Neil Strauss (1969), Matthew Weiner (1965), Kathleen Wilhoite (1964), William Gargan (1905), and Daphne Ashbrook (1963). After him are Carter Cruise (1991), Irwin Keyes (1952), Brendon Urie (1987), Marin Raykov (1960), Neil LaBute (1963), and Charles Pinckney (1757).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jonathan Lethem ranks 973Before him are Sara Shepard (1977), Meghan McCain (1984), Alan Dundes (1934), Susan Faludi (1959), Neil Strauss (1969), and Matthew Weiner (1965). After him are Carol J. Adams (1951), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), Bryan Fuller (1969), K. A. Applegate (1956), Peter Hedges (1962), and James Merrill (1926).