WRITER

Nguyễn Du

1765 - 1820

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Nguyễn Du (阮攸; 3 January 1766 – 16 September 1820), courtesy name Tố Như (素如) and art name Thanh Hiên (清軒), is a celebrated Vietnamese poet and musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Du has received more than 151,319 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Nguyễn Du is the 2,320th most popular writer (down from 2,094th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 41st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Vietnamese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nguyễn Du ranks 2,320 out of 7,302. Before him are Donald Adamson, Wanda Wasilewska, Fujiwara no Teika, Kerstin Ekman, Vasko Popa, and Sergei Nilus. After him are Xue Tao, Zabel Yesayan, Leah Goldberg, Emma Jung, Armin T. Wegner, and Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Nguyễn Du ranks 22. Before him are Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Franz Xaver von Baader, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, and Charles Hatchett. After him are Christiane Vulpius, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Claire Lacombe, Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, Petrobey Mavromichalis, and Daniel Steibelt. Among people deceased in 1820, Nguyễn Du ranks 22. Before him are Clement Mary Hofbauer, Augustin Barruel, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, and Alexander Mackenzie. After him are Daniel Boone, Anders Sparrman, Arthur Young, Benjamin West, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Gerhard von Kügelgen.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Du ranks 53 out of 136. Before him are Võ Chí Công (1912), Nguyễn Minh Triết (1942), Thiệu Trị (1807), Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795), Văn Tiến Dũng (1917), and Ngô Đình Thục (1897). After him are Đồng Khánh (1864), Lê Đức Anh (1920), Ngô Quyền (897), Son Ngoc Thanh (1908), Phạm Tuân (1947), and Thành Thái (1879).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

Among writers born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Du ranks 3. Before him are Marguerite Duras (1914), and Phan Bội Châu (1867). After him are Hồ Xuân Hương (1772), Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Kim Thúy (1968), and Viet Thanh Nguyen (1971).

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