WRITER

Katherine Paterson

1932 - Today

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Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born October 31, 1932) is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katherine Paterson has received more than 560,899 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Katherine Paterson is the 4,030th most popular writer (down from 3,898th in 2019), the 842nd most popular biography from China (down from 779th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katherine Paterson ranks 4,030 out of 7,302. Before her are Boualem Sansal, Elbert Hubbard, Dagmar Lange, José Cadalso, Murray Leinster, and Anita Brookner. After her are Bernardus Silvestris, Gabrielle Wittkop, Russell Banks, Rémy Belleau, Alykul Osmonov, and Peyo Yavorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Katherine Paterson ranks 263. Before her are Felicia Farr, Mongo Beti, Edgar Reitz, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Jean Stablinski, and Carlos Borges. After her are Albert Collins, Dino Bruni, Franca Raimondi, Vladimir Yengibaryan, László Sárosi, and John Drew Barrymore.

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In China

Among people born in China, Katherine Paterson ranks 842 out of 1,610. Before her are Luo Ruiqing (1906), Jin Shuren (1879), Zhuang Zedong (1940), Qian Xuan (1235), Tang Jiaxuan (1938), and Tang Enbo (1898). After her are Zhou Fang (730), Ye Mingchen (1807), Fei Xiaotong (1910), Ching Siu-tung (1953), Wang Shu (1963), and Ma Zhongying (1910).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Katherine Paterson ranks 95. Before her are Wang Changling (698), Wu Jingzi (1701), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Zhou Zuoren (1885), Cui Hao (704), and Taranatha (1575). After her are Yan Lianke (1958), Ma Duanlin (1245), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), Yu Dafu (1896), Chen Zi'ang (661), and Mervyn Peake (1911).

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