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Julia Alvarez

1950 - Today

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Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), and Yo! (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julia Alvarez has received more than 514,766 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Julia Alvarez is the 5,471st most popular writer (down from 5,273rd in 2019), the 9,078th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,429th in 2019) and the 705th most popular American Writer.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julia Alvarez ranks 5,471 out of 5,755. Before her are Gerrit Achterberg, Hans Jæger, Per Wästberg, Wajdi Mouawad, Uma Aaltonen, and Terence Rattigan. After her are W. S. Merwin, Howard Jacobson, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Robert Creeley, Ksenia Sobchak, and Charlotte Mary Yonge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Julia Alvarez ranks 455. Before her are Anders Linderoth, Loyola de Palacio, Fernando Pereira, Annegret Richter, John F. Kelly, and Han Berger. After her are Robert Elswit, Paolo Conti, Miloslava Rezková, Gualberto do Rosário, Bernard Le Coq, and Juris Silovs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Alvarez ranks 9,078 out of 18,182. Before her are Jason Schwartzman (1980), Joseph Pilato (1949), Jack Shea (1910), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Tim Hardaway (1966), and Vincent Persichetti (1915). After her are Joseph Dunford (1955), Michael D. Griffin (1949), W. S. Merwin (1927), Red Amick (1929), Robert Elswit (1950), and Teri Polo (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Julia Alvarez ranks 705. Before her are Kristin Hannah (1960), John Jakes (1932), Kenneth Burke (1897), Armistead Maupin (1944), Mary Oliver (1935), and Philip Agee (1935). After her are W. S. Merwin (1927), Robert Creeley (1926), David Brown (1916), Alvah Bessie (1904), Kathryn Stockett (1969), and Theodora Kroeber (1897).

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