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Mao Dun

1896 - 1981

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Shen Dehong (Shen Yanbing; 4 July 1896 – 27 March 1981), best known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic. He was highly celebrated for his realist novels, including Midnight, which depicts life in cosmopolitan Shanghai. Mao was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party and participated in a number of left-wing cultural movements during the 1920s and 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mao Dun has received more than 162,163 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Mao Dun is the 1,657th most popular writer (down from 1,526th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from China (down from 412th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mao Dun ranks 1,657 out of 5,755. Before him are Lu You, Arnaldur Indriðason, E. E. Cummings, Andreas Gryphius, Alexander Fadeyev, and Richard Brautigan. After him are Egon Kisch, Hipponax, Gaius Julius Solinus, Seamus Heaney, Wolfgang Borchert, and Hadewijch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Mao Dun ranks 81. Before him are Mark W. Clark, Salim Ali, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Tadj ol-Molouk, Ruth Gordon, and Hinrich Lohse. After him are Pavel Alexandrov, Iona Yakir, William A. Wellman, Ville Ritola, Faina Ranevskaya, and Otto Hofmann. Among people deceased in 1981, Mao Dun ranks 56. Before him are Mike Hailwood, Christy Brown, Rómulo Betancourt, Gyula Lóránt, Gloria Grahame, and Bill Shankly. After him are Victor Kugler, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Josep Pla, Alberto Suppici, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, and Gunichi Mikawa.

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In China

Among people born in China, Mao Dun ranks 474 out of 1,392. Before him are Zhu Yujian (1602), Watchman Nee (1903), Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123), Zhang Jinghui (1871), Shaohao (null), and Lu You (1125). After him are Wellington Koo (1888), Liu Cixin (1963), Go Seigen (1914), Ni Zan (1301), Wu Yi (1938), and Liu Xiang (-77).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Mao Dun ranks 43. Before him are Li Yu (1610), Liu Zongyuan (773), Yan Fu (1854), Xu Shen (58), Watchman Nee (1903), and Lu You (1125). After him are Liu Cixin (1963), Eileen Chang (1920), Shen Yue (441), Ruan Ji (210), Fan Zhongyan (989), and Ji Kang (223).

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