WRITER

Park Yeon-mi

1993 - Today

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Yeonmi Park (Korean: 박연미; born 4 October 1993) is a North Korean defector, YouTuber, author, and American conservative activist, described as "one of the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United States. Park made her media debut in 2011 on the show Now On My Way to Meet You, where she was dubbed "Paris Hilton" due to her stories of her family's wealthy lifestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Park Yeon-mi has received more than 2,102,398 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Park Yeon-mi is the 7,101st most popular writer (down from 6,383rd in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 125th in 2019) and the 5th most popular North Korean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Wei le huo xia qu
2016
In order to live
2015
In Order to Live
Biography & Autobiography
Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal, recognized that in order to be "completely free," she had to confront the truth of her past. It is an ugly, shameful story of being sold with her mother into slave marriages by Chinese brokers, and although she at first tried to hide the painful details when blending into South Korean society, she realized how her survival story could inspire others. Moreover, her sister had also escaped earlier and had vanished into China for years, prompting the author to go public with her story in the hope of finding her sister.
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Page views of Park Yeon-mis by language

Over the past year Park Yeon-mi has had the most page views in the with 32,661 views, followed by Chinese (29,338), and Japanese (21,514). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (956.89%), Persian (155.57%), and Russian (148.58%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Park Yeon-mi ranks 7,101 out of 7,302. Before her are Sophie Dahl, Laura Gallego García, Rebecca Walker, Simon Kuper, Inna Shevchenko, and Mark Ravenhill. After her are Elizabeth Hand, Tom Holland, Amma Darko, Diablo Cody, Krisztina Tóth, and Kamila Shamsie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Park Yeon-mi ranks 363. Before her are Simen Hegstad Krüger, Alfred Duncan, Jairo Morillas, Emma Meesseman, Anouska Koster, and Richmond Boakye. After her are Abdoulaye Doucouré, Roberto Carballés Baena, Marcel Tisserand, Adam Maher, Filip Zubčić, and Takanori Nagase.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Park Yeon-mi ranks 140 out of 162. Before her are Kim Il (1971), Pak Kwang-ryong (1992), Yu Sun-bok (1970), Kim Myong-gil (1984), Pak Chol-jin (1985), and Pak Nam-chol (1985). After her are Ri Chol-myong (1988), Kim Hyang-mi (1979), Ri Jun-il (1987), An Chol-hyok (1987), Ri Kwang-hyok (1987), and Om Yun-chol (1991).

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Among WRITERS In North Korea

Among writers born in North Korea, Park Yeon-mi ranks 5. Before her are Kim Hyon-hui (1962), Kim Sowol (1902), Kim Myeong-sun (1896), and Kim Iryeop (1896).

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