WRITER

Okwui Enwezor

1963 - 2019

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Okwui Enwezor (23 October 1963 – 15 March 2019) was a Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator, specializing in art history. He lived in New York City and Munich. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Okwui Enwezor has received more than 161,751 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Okwui Enwezor is the 6,977th most popular writer, the 114th most popular biography from Nigeria and the 10th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

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  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Okwui Enwezor ranks 6,977 out of 7,302Before him are Robert Anderson, Cyril Montana, Sipan Shiraz, Anna Burns, Rudolfo Anaya, and Alice Oseman. After him are Sarojini Sahoo, Fabio Volo, Mabel Strickland, Conrad Richter, Delia Grigore, and J. Hillis Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Okwui Enwezor ranks 819Before him are Krisztina Morvai, Marco Marin, Gerhard Haidacher, Roberto Galia, Mark Wright, and Mark Oliver Everett. After him are Torsten Voss, Brian Robbins, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Brain, Dale Hawerchuk, and Dmitri Galiamin. Among people deceased in 2019, Okwui Enwezor ranks 600Before him are David Bellamy, Lisa Sheridan, Andrea Levy, Denise Nickerson, Nipsey Hussle, and Junior Agogo. After him are Josip Zovko, Justin Raimondo, Yulia Nachalova, Alan Krueger, Josef Šural, and Heidi Mohr.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Okwui Enwezor ranks 114 out of 309Before him are Chukwudi Iwuji (1975), Mutiu Adepoju (1970), Ikechukwu Uche (1984), Fela Sowande (1905), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), and Ayila Yussuf (1984). After him are Muhammadu Maccido (1928), Michael Olowokandi (1975), Adebayo Adedeji (1930), Nneka (1980), Augustine Eguavoen (1965), and Michael Emenalo (1965).

Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Okwui Enwezor ranks 10Before him are Amos Tutuola (1920), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), Ben Okri (1959), and Cyprian Ekwensi (1921). After him are Chris Abani (1966), Sefi Atta (1964), and Helen Oyeyemi (1984).