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Oscar Hijuelos

1951 - 2013

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Oscar Jerome Hijuelos (August 24, 1951 – October 12, 2013) was an American novelist. Of Cuban descent, during a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Hijuelos has received more than 147,165 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Oscar Hijuelos is the 6,345th most popular writer (down from 6,187th in 2019), the 11,535th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,448th in 2019) and the 844th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 6,345 out of 7,302. Before him are Angie Sage, Dominique Bona, Damon Galgut, Arthur Kopit, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Elizabeth Moon. After him are Frances Power Cobbe, Susan Hill, Ann Coulter, Compton Mackenzie, Kim Leine, and John Skelton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 586. Before him are Héctor Rodríguez, Mustafa A. G. Abushagur, Jonathan Richman, Péter Baczakó, Johanna Wanka, and Maureen Caird. After him are Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio, Charles Shyer, Kaye Hall, Rubén Cano, Edward Albert, and Burglinde Pollak. Among people deceased in 2013, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 466. Before him are Bryan Forbes, Nadezhda Ilyina, José Cardona, José María Maguregui, Don Meineke, and McDonald Bailey. After him are Noel Harrison, Louis-Paul M'Fédé, Ilya Segalovich, Reg Presley, Sylvia Browne, and Vladimir Vikulov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 11,535 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Chase Smith (1897), Jon Kyl (1942), Keone Young (1947), Josh Stewart (1977), Félix Sánchez (1977), and Bob Denver (1935). After him are Lynn Hill (1961), Michael Oher (1986), Alan Baxter (1908), Milt Campbell (1933), Kathryn Erbe (1965), and Tom Paxton (1937).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 844. Before him are Terry Southern (1924), Veronica Roth (1988), Bill Prady (1960), Pat Conroy (1945), Arthur Kopit (1937), and Elizabeth Moon (1945). After him are Ann Coulter (1961), Mark Boal (1973), Chris Hedges (1956), Damon Runyon (1880), James Truslow Adams (1878), and John Scalzi (1969).

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