WRITER

Marlon James

1970 - Today

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Marlon James (born 24 November 1970) is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of five novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009), A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), which won him the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019), and Moon Witch, Spider King (2022). Now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, James teaches literature at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marlon James has received more than 31,281 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Marlon James is the 7,083rd most popular writer (down from 6,367th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 98th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Jamaican Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 31k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marlon James ranks 7,083 out of 7,302. Before him are Rainbow Rowell, Terézia Mora, Nadia Ghulam, Javier Sierra, Lucía Puenzo, and Sofia Andrukhovych. After him are Laurie Halse Anderson, Frances Hardinge, Al Roker, Nicolas Mathieu, Chris Moneymaker, and Chris Savino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Marlon James ranks 820. Before him are Howard Jones, Pete Rock, Pauline Konga, Paul Bitok, Lin Li, and Yuri Kovtun. After him are Zack Ward, Tomasz Makowski, Ko Ishikawa, Greg Yaitanes, Sirous Dinmohammadi, and Beth Orton.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Marlon James ranks 101 out of 189. Before him are Heavy D (1967), Juliet Cuthbert (1964), Barrington Levy (1964), Leon Bailey (1997), Shericka Jackson (1994), and Ray Stewart (1965). After him are Hansle Parchment (1990), Deon Hemmings (1968), Shabba Ranks (1966), Chris Gayle (1979), Shereefa Lloyd (1982), and Buju Banton (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Marlon James ranks 7. Before him are Marcus Garvey (1887), Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Claude McKay (1889), and Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919). After him are Nalo Hopkinson (1960), and Claudia Rankine (1963).

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