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Paul Beatty

1962 - Today

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Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Beatty has received more than 497,324 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Paul Beatty is the 6,323rd most popular writer (down from 5,659th in 2019), the 14,691st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,540th in 2019) and the 1,034th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Beatty ranks 6,323 out of 5,755Before him are Carter Bays, Terézia Mora, David Nicholls, Lena Andersson, George Monbiot, and Laura Gallego García. After him are Garth Nix, Eka Kurniawan, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jokha Alharthi, Ramachandra Guha, and Lev Grossman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Paul Beatty ranks 692Before him are Takayuki Fujikawa, Barry E. Wilmore, Brigitte Oertli, Steve Bould, David DeCoteau, and Sherri Howard. After him are Ram Gopal Varma, Bence Szabó, Mark Linkous, Steven Brill, Durga McBroom, and Robert Curbeam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Beatty ranks 14,691 out of 18,182Before him are Margo Harshman (1986), Sherri Howard (1962), Steven Swanson (1960), Tom Coburn (1948), Delonte West (1983), and Jayson Tatum (1998). After him are Grey Damon (1987), Havoc (1974), Martin O'Malley (1963), Steve Riddick (1951), Katelyn Nacon (1999), and Cody Linley (1989).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paul Beatty ranks 1,034Before him are Kate DiCamillo (1964), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973), Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), Larry Christiansen (1956), Chris Savino (1962), and Carter Bays (1975). After him are Lev Grossman (1969), Scott Smith (1965), Rebecca Walker (1969), Al Roker (1954), Justin Knapp (1982), and Bryan Konietzko (1975).