WRITER

Lin Shu

1852 - 1924

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Lin Shu (Chinese: 林紓, November 8, 1852 – October 9, 1924; courtesy name Qinnan (琴南) was a Chinese man of letters, especially for introducing Western literature to a whole generation of Chinese readers, despite his ignorance of any foreign languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lin Shu has received more than 56,143 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lin Shu is the 4,638th most popular writer (up from 4,869th in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from China (down from 844th in 2019) and the 106th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lin Shu ranks 4,638 out of 7,302. Before him are Ludwig Bechstein, Nancy Huston, W. S. Gilbert, Molla Vali Vidadi, Kostas Karyotakis, and Shuntarō Tanikawa. After him are Zane Grey, Vitaly Bianki, Cerverí de Girona, Erik Hornung, Virginie Ancelot, and Levon Shant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Lin Shu ranks 95. Before him are James Dwight, Felix Graf von Bothmer, Curt von François, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, and Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland. After him are Fulgence Bienvenüe, Theodore Robinson, Hans Huber, Eilif Peterssen, Augusta, Lady Gregory, and Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema. Among people deceased in 1924, Lin Shu ranks 98. Before him are Alois Riehl, Anna Palm de Rosa, Thomas H. Ince, Viktor Nogin, Gregory VII of Constantinople, and George Kennan. After him are Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Stan Rowley, Herman Heijermans, Hannibal Sehested, Teodor Teodorov, and Kazimieras Būga.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lin Shu ranks 892 out of 1,610. Before him are Nina Li Chi (1961), Zhong Shanshan (1954), Wang Guowei (1877), Liu He (1952), Tsai Chin (1933), and Wei Fenghe (1954). After him are Jiang Wen (1963), James Wong Howe (1899), John Baptist Wu (1925), Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), Xie Fuzhi (1909), and Zhang Jie (1937).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Lin Shu ranks 106. Before him are Chen Zi'ang (661), Mervyn Peake (1911), Dai Sijie (1954), Wen Yiduo (1899), Can Xue (1953), and Wang Guowei (1877). After him are Zhang Jie (1937), Zhu Ziqing (1898), John Hersey (1914), Wang Meng (1934), Ingrid Noll (1935), and Jiang Rong (1946).

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