WRITER

Junot Díaz

1968 - Today

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Junot Díaz ( JOO-noh; born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican American writer, creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a former fiction editor at Boston Review. He also serves on the board of advisers for Freedom University, a volunteer organization in Georgia that provides post-secondary instruction to undocumented immigrants. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junot Díaz has received more than 1,443,891 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Junot Díaz is the 6,882nd most popular writer (down from 6,178th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Dominican Republic (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Junot Díaz ranks 6,882 out of 7,302. Before him are Rachel Cusk, Peter Schiff, Elena Milashina, Jakob Arjouni, Catherine Asaro, and Raymond Benson. After him are Sara Ahmed, Jacek Dukaj, Vagif Sultanli, Erik Möller, Walter Jon Williams, and Susan Faludi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Junot Díaz ranks 639. Before him are Dave Abbruzzese, Kristen Cloke, Alberto Belsué, Girolamo Giovinazzo, Rodolfo Cardoso, and James Patrick Stuart. After him are Bart Brentjens, Chen Yueling, Christophe Ohrel, Adrian Scarborough, Jörg Stiel, and Mehmet Akif Pirim.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Junot Díaz ranks 34 out of 51. Before him are David Ortiz (1975), Natti Natasha (1990), Pedro Martínez (1971), Mary Joe Fernández (1971), Amelia Vega (1984), and Sonia Pierre (1963). After him are Robinson Canó (1982), Al Horford (1986), Dascha Polanco (1982), Marileidy Paulino (1996), Bartolo Colón (1973), and Junior Firpo (1996).

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Among WRITERS In Dominican Republic

Among writers born in Dominican Republic, Junot Díaz ranks 1. 

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