WRITER

Mircea Cărtărescu

1956 - Today

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Mircea Cărtărescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a kərtəˈresku]; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mircea Cărtărescu has received more than 211,418 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mircea Cărtărescu is the 2,308th most popular writer (up from 2,833rd in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Romania (up from 198th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Romanian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Orbitor
1996
Pururi tînăr, înfăşurat în pixeli
Biography, Cărtărescu, Mircea, Romanian Authors
2003
Nostalgia
2005
Travesti
1994
Poeme de amor
1983

Page views of Mircea Cărtărescus by language

Over the past year Mircea Cărtărescu has had the most page views in the with 45,006 views, followed by English (39,169), and Spanish (26,604). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (147.64%), Basque (84.91%), and Estonian (81.19%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mircea Cărtărescu ranks 2,308 out of 7,302. Before him are Stefan Żeromski, Edward FitzGerald, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Victorinus of Pettau, Samael Aun Weor, and Jaggi Vasudev. After him are Indro Montanelli, August Derleth, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gabriel Matzneff, Berthold Auerbach, and Donald Adamson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mircea Cărtărescu ranks 113. Before him are Sebastian Coe, Mari Boine, John Lydon, Klaus Allofs, Georg Gänswein, and Randy Rhoads. After him are Taur Matan Ruak, Bo Derek, GG Allin, Roderick MacKinnon, Tim Russ, and Dana Delany.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mircea Cărtărescu ranks 162 out of 844. Before him are Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886), Ignaz von Born (1742), Constantin Sănătescu (1885), Johann Hedwig (1730), Dudu Georgescu (1950), and Gabriel Báthory (1589). After him are Regalianus (250), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Mihail Sebastian (1907), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), and Péter Eötvös (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Mircea Cărtărescu ranks 20. Before him are Ion Creangă (1837), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Dora d'Istria (1828), Marthe Bibesco (1886), and János Arany (1817). After him are Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Mihail Sebastian (1907), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Benjamin Fondane (1898), and Ferenc Kazinczy (1759).

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