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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 writer. Beti spent much of his life in France, studying at the Sorbonne and becoming a professor at Lycée Pierre Corneille. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mongo Beti has received more than 87,678 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Mongo Beti is the 4,163rd most popular writer (down from 3,680th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Cameroonian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mongo Beti ranks 4,163 out of 5,755. Before him are Mary Norton, François Cavanna, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Jesús Moncada, François le Métel de Boisrobert, and Johann Fischart. After him are Georges Courteline, Pamela Colman Smith, Davit Guramishvili, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, and Simo Matavulj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Mongo Beti ranks 275. Before him are Alfonso Arau, Loretta Lynn, John Drew Barrymore, Yash Chopra, Tinka Kurti, and Phyllida Law. After him are Colville Young, James Stafford, Geoff Bent, Billie Whitelaw, Lola Beltrán, and Masten Gregory. Among people deceased in 2001, Mongo Beti ranks 186. Before him are Jalil Zandi, Burkhard Heim, Milorad B. Protić, Juan José Arreola, Robert Leckie, and Phoolan Devi. After him are Enrique Mateos, Lewis Arquette, Eugene Sledge, Jenő Fock, Vasily Abaev, and Dale Earnhardt.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Mongo Beti ranks 15 out of 132. Before him are Patrick M'Boma (1970), Christian Tumi (1930), Marc-Vivien Foé (1975), Samuel Umtiti (1993), Achille Mbembe (1957), and Rigobert Song (1976). After him are Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), Philémon Yang (1947), Joseph Ngute (1954), Alex Song (1987), François Omam-Biyik (1966), and Richard Bona (1967).

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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), and Léonora Miano (1973).

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