WRITER

Michael Cunningham

1952 - Today

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Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Cunningham has received more than 460,148 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Michael Cunningham is the 2,662nd most popular writer (down from 1,991st in 2019), the 3,379th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,607th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Shi shi ke ke =
Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Man-woman relationships in fiction
1999
Land's End
Walking, Description and travel, Travel
2002
Specimen Days
Ghost stories, Terrorists, Extraterrestrial beings
2005
A home at the end of the world
Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Fiction, Parent and child
1990
The Hours
Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Influence
A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and Flesh and Blood. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Richard, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and his lifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.
1998
F. W. Taylor
History, Industrial management, Biography
2002

Page views of Michael Cunninghams by language

Over the past year Michael Cunningham has had the most page views in the with 69,978 views, followed by Russian (11,783), and Italian (8,156). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (493.48%), Dutch (95.69%), and Swedish (91.11%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Cunningham ranks 2,662 out of 7,302. Before him are William Goldman, Jim Corbett, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Valentin Rasputin, Béla Király, and Gustav Schwab. After him are Petrus Comestor, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Amalie Skram, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Lupus Servatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Michael Cunningham ranks 177. Before him are Semyon Bychkov, David Knopfler, Alfre Woodard, Ulrich Seidl, Péter Erdő, and Krystyna Janda. After him are Vasco Rossi, Freddy Maertens, Harold Faltermeyer, Vinnie Vincent, Ricardo Martinelli, and David Byrne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Cunningham ranks 3,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Stipe (1960), William Goldman (1931), Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Michael Buffer (1944), and Adolphe Menjou (1890). After him are David Riesman (1909), Josh Hartnett (1978), Mariska Hargitay (1964), Matthew Fox (1966), Evel Knievel (1938), and Douglas Tompkins (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Cunningham ranks 293. Before him are Neil Simon (1927), Orson Scott Card (1951), Eric Carle (1929), Richard Bandler (1950), John Cheever (1912), and William Goldman (1931). After him are Harlan Ellison (1934), Alex Haley (1921), Horace McCoy (1897), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Henry Darger (1892), and Eric Roth (1945).

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