WRITER

Lauren Beukes

1976 - Today

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Lauren Beukes (born 5 June 1976) is a South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lauren Beukes has received more than 214,391 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lauren Beukes is the 7,207th most popular writer (down from 6,435th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 301st in 2019) and the 25th most popular South African Writer.

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  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lauren Beukes ranks 7,207 out of 7,302Before her are Kae Tempest, Peter Craig, Haddy N'jie, Jenna Bush Hager, Yahya Hassan, and Susan Cain. After her are Christine Blasey Ford, Nadeem Aslam, Kelly Link, Tim Winton, Graham Moore, and Grant Wahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Lauren Beukes ranks 944Before her are Ben Gibbard, Roberta Anastase, Abhay Deol, Ilze Jaunalksne, Stoyan Kolev, and Eirik Verås Larsen. After her are Aaron Dessner, Chay Hews, Kohei Morita, Mariana Díaz Oliva, Tomo Sugawara, and Igor Angelovski.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Lauren Beukes ranks 360 out of 454Before her are Lance Davids (1985), Roland Schoeman (1980), Schalk Burger (1983), Siboniso Gaxa (1984), Ayanda Denge (1982), and Louis Meintjes (1992). After her are Okkert Brits (1973), Ronwen Williams (1992), Roy Wegerle (1964), Panagiotis Retsos (1998), Alice Phoebe Lou (1993), and Dean Geyer (1986).

Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Lauren Beukes ranks 25Before her are Bessie Head (1937), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Fatima Meer (1928), Es'kia Mphahlele (1919), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), and Zoleka Mandela (1980).