WRITER

Lu Xun

1881 - 1936

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Lu Xun (Chinese: 鲁迅; pinyin: Lǔ Xùn, [lù ɕŷn]; 25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer, literary critic, lecturer, and state servant. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in vernacular and Literary Chinese, he was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, poet, and designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lu Xun has received more than 1,214,605 page views. His biography is available in 105 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 104 in 2019). Lu Xun is the 192nd most popular writer (up from 232nd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from China (up from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Writer.

Lu Xun is most famous for his short stories, which were published in the 1920s and 1930s. He is considered to be the father of modern Chinese literature.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 105

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lu Xun ranks 192 out of 7,302. Before him are Dale Carnegie, Murasaki Shikibu, Stanisław Lem, Lope de Vega, Eckhart Tolle, and Janusz Korczak. After him are Al-Masudi, Friedrich Hölderlin, Juvenal, Luís de Camões, Roald Dahl, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Lu Xun ranks 8. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Alexander Fleming, Stefan Zweig, Pope John XXIII, Béla Bartók, and Asta Nielsen. After him are Anna Pavlova, Alexander Kerensky, Hans Kelsen, Enver Pasha, Ludwig von Mises, and Kliment Voroshilov. Among people deceased in 1936, Lu Xun ranks 8. Before him are Maxim Gorky, Federico García Lorca, Rudyard Kipling, George V, Luigi Pirandello, and Antoine Meillet. After him are Oswald Spengler, Alexander Glazunov, Lev Kamenev, Ferdinand Tönnies, Grigory Zinoviev, and Fuad I of Egypt.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lu Xun ranks 41 out of 1,610. Before him are Yongle Emperor (1360), Hongwu Emperor (1328), Nurhaci (1559), Zhu Xi (1130), Zhou Enlai (1898), and Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029). After him are Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), Toshiro Mifune (1920), Hong Taiji (1592), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), and Yuan Shikai (1859).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Lu Xun ranks 3. Before him are Li Bai (701), and Du Fu (712). After him are Gao Xingjian (1940), Qu Yuan (-343), Luo Guanzhong (1330), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Kumārajīva (343), Bai Juyi (772), Mo Yan (1955), Faxian (340), and Su Shi (1037).

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