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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, in the U.S., James teaches literature at Macalester College in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marlon James has received more than 30,100 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Marlon James is the 6,391st most popular writer (down from 5,682nd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 90th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Jamaican Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marlon James ranks 6,391 out of 5,755. Before him are Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Monica Ali, Sophie Dahl, Sanal Edamaruku, Walt Dohrn, and James Frey. After him are Tahereh Mafi, Mark Ravenhill, Stefan Molyneux, Douglas Murray, Will Self, and Vanessa Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Marlon James ranks 784. Before him are Jeff Anderson, Rodrigo Barrera, Tony Vidmar, Fumitake Miura, Elmer Bennett, and Wang Hee-kyung. After him are Jeremy Roenick, Stephen Carpenter, Rekha Sharma, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Alessandra Sensini, and Tommy Moe.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Marlon James ranks 99 out of 168. Before him are Buju Banton (1973), David Weller (1957), Deon Hemmings (1968), Hansle Parchment (1990), Ray Stewart (1965), and Ian Goodison (1972). After him are Nalo Hopkinson (1960), Maurice Smith (1980), Chris Gayle (1979), Bounty Killer (1972), Christopher Williams (1972), and Tessa Sanderson (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Marlon James ranks 6. Before him are Marcus Garvey (1887), Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Claude McKay (1889), and Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952). After him are Nalo Hopkinson (1960).

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