WRITER

Mongo Beti

1932 - 2001

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Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian author and polemicist. Beti has been called one of the most perceptive French-African writers in his presentations of African life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mongo Beti has received more than 92,282 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mongo Beti is the 3,958th most popular writer (up from 4,150th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Cameroonian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mongo Beti ranks 3,958 out of 7,302. Before him are Zofia Nałkowska, Philippa Gregory, Susanna Kaysen, Bahram Beyzai, Pauline Kael, and Nevil Shute. After him are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Irawati Karve, Simo Matavulj, Joan Alcover, Virginie Despentes, and Adam Naruszewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Mongo Beti ranks 258. Before him are Banharn Silpa-archa, Phyllida Law, Sergio Toppi, Sven Lindqvist, Alain Besançon, and Felicia Farr. After him are Edgar Reitz, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Jean Stablinski, Carlos Borges, Katherine Paterson, and Albert Collins. Among people deceased in 2001, Mongo Beti ranks 180. Before him are Ernst Baier, Vladimir Semichastny, Eileen Heckart, Donella Meadows, Philippe Léotard, and Pauline Kael. After him are Troy Donahue, Ri Kun-mo, Charles Régnier, Ardito Desio, Jan Kott, and Jutta Rüdiger.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Mongo Beti ranks 17 out of 156. Before him are Marc-Vivien Foé (1975), Achille Mbembe (1957), Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), Rigobert Song (1976), Joseph Ngute (1954), and Samuel Umtiti (1993). After him are Vincent Aboubakar (1992), Philémon Yang (1947), François Omam-Biyik (1966), Christian Tumi (1930), Patrick Baudry (1946), and Francis Bebey (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Cameroon

Among writers born in Cameroon, Mongo Beti ranks 1. After him are Francis Bebey (1929), Werewere Liking (1950), Calixthe Beyala (1961), Léonora Miano (1973), and Djaili Amadou Amal (1975).

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