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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 584,639 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Julia Alvarez is the 6,117th most popular writer (down from 5,452nd in 2019), the 10,318th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,060th in 2019) and the 768th most popular American Writer.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julia Alvarez ranks 6,117 out of 7,302. Before her are Ian McDonald, George B. Seitz, Andrzej Stasiuk, Margaret Oliphant, Roma Ryan, and Robert B. Sherman. After her are Lady Charlotte Guest, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Kathryn Stockett, Rolf Jacobsen, and Louis Sachar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Julia Alvarez ranks 572. Before her are Francisco Uría, Bruno Gollnisch, William Barr, Blagoja Georgievski, Roma Ryan, and George McGinnis. After her are Danny Kirwan, Soh Chin Ann, Marie Bergman, Rafael González, Pavel Panov, and Gholam Hossein Mazloumi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Alvarez ranks 10,318 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert B. Sherman (1925), Joseph Pevney (1911), George McGinnis (1950), George M. Whitesides (1939), Mark Murphy (1932), and Mary Lambert (1951). After her are Jenna Presley (1987), Keith Andrews (1920), Todd Howard (1971), Malachi Throne (1928), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), and Jerry Doyle (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Julia Alvarez ranks 768. Before her are Peter Orlovsky (1933), Brad Falchuk (1971), Lydia Maria Child (1802), Dorothy Allison (1949), George B. Seitz (1888), and Robert B. Sherman (1925). After her are Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Louis Sachar (1954), Michael Lewis (1960), and Kevin J. Anderson (1962).

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