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Lydia Davis

1947 - Today

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Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes short (one or two pages long) short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lydia Davis has received more than 506,491 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Lydia Davis is the 4,496th most popular writer (down from 3,926th in 2019), the 6,313th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,348th in 2019) and the 511th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lydia Davis ranks 4,496 out of 5,755. Before her are Riichi Yokomitsu, Lucius Shepard, Erlend Loe, Karolina Světlá, John Farey Sr., and Jane Bowles. After her are Olavo Bilac, Paula Hawkins, Aleksey Koltsov, Grace Aguilar, Donald Rayfield, and H. C. Artmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Lydia Davis ranks 436. Before her are Pete Ham, Bernie Leadon, Emiel Puttemans, Ricardo Delgado, Hülya Koçyiğit, and Valeriy Pustovoitenko. After her are Giuseppe Betori, Richard Palmer-James, Erik Olin Wright, Liu Yunshan, Benjamin Orr, and Svetlana Bojković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lydia Davis ranks 6,313 out of 18,182. Before her are Gil Scott-Heron (1949), John Wooden (1910), Jo Jones (1911), Mike Todd (1909), Jane Bowles (1917), and Leslie West (1945). After her are Chris Wedge (1957), John C. Slater (1900), Albert Tyler (1872), Carl Switzer (1927), Rick Yune (1971), and Gates McFadden (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lydia Davis ranks 511. Before her are James Dashner (1972), James Agee (1909), Leo Buscaglia (1924), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Lucius Shepard (1943), and Jane Bowles (1917). After her are Helen Thomas (1920), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Sylvia Browne (1936), Damon Knight (1922), and Robert Richardson (1955).

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