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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 518,319 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Katherine Paterson is the 3,911th most popular writer (down from 2,725th in 2019), the 782nd most popular biography from China (down from 609th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katherine Paterson ranks 3,911 out of 5,755. Before her are Paavo Haavikko, Leigh Brackett, Ma Duanlin, Palaephatus, Peter Andreas Heiberg, and Taylor Caldwell. After her are Deon Meyer, Manuel Machado, Adrienne Clarkson, José Enrique Rodó, Cerverí de Girona, and Dorothee Sölle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Katherine Paterson ranks 256. Before her are Lajos Csordás, Antonio Roma, Paulinho de Almeida, Edward O. Thorp, Robert Taylor, and Richard Estes. After her are Paul R. Ehrlich, Edgar Reitz, Quentin Blake, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Paul Bley, and Arnold Wesker.

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In China

Among people born in China, Katherine Paterson ranks 782 out of 1,392. Before her are Luo Ruiqing (1906), Hu Zhengyan (1584), Jia Qinglin (1940), Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), Chloé Zhao (1982), and Ma Duanlin (1245). After her are Liu Yandong (1945), Carina Lau (1965), Wu Jingzi (1701), Zhou Fohai (1897), Hau Pei-tsun (1919), and Chen Zi'ang (661).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Katherine Paterson ranks 89. Before her are Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Zhou Zuoren (1885), Sanmao (1943), Xiao Hong (1911), Yu Hua (1960), and Ma Duanlin (1245). After her are Wu Jingzi (1701), Chen Zi'ang (661), Taranatha (1575), Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Dafu (1896), and Wen Yiduo (1899).

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