WRITER

Paul Theroux

1941 - Today

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Paul Edward Theroux (; born April 10, 1941) is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Theroux has received more than 3,135,327 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Paul Theroux is the 5,016th most popular writer (down from 4,086th in 2019), the 7,056th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,562nd in 2019) and the 560th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Great Railway Bazaar
Description and travel, Journeys, Descriptions et voyages
1975
Riding the iron rooster
Railroad travel, Description and travel, Travel
1988
The kingdom by the sea
Description and travel, Railroad travel, Travel
1983
The Mosquito Coast
Fiction, Americans, American fiction
1981
The old Patagonian express
Railroad travel, Description and travel, Travel
1979
Doctor Slaughter
Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Prostitutes
1984
The Great Railway Bazaar
Description and travel, Journeys, Descriptions et voyages
1975
The Mosquito Coast
Fiction, Americans, American fiction
1981
The kingdom by the sea
Description and travel, Railroad travel, Travel
1983
The Elephanta suite
Americans, Fiction, Fiction, general
2007
The end of the game
Game and game-birds, Big game animals, Description and travel
1965
Old Patagonian Express, The
Railroad travel, America, description and travel, Theroux, paul, 1941-
An account of Theroux's trip by train from Boston to Bogota, Columbia.
1979

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Theroux ranks 5,016 out of 7,302. Before him are Sidney Howard, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Margery Allingham, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Anna Maria Ortese, and Joanna Russ. After him are Wolf Erlbruch, Pratibha Ray, Michael Hirst, Nicolaas Beets, Rosa Liksom, and Aemilius Macer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Paul Theroux ranks 432. Before him are Wasim Sajjad, Gjermund Eggen, Aminata Sow Fall, Mario Trevi, Stokely Carmichael, and Doug Rogers. After him are Nikolai Gubenko, Iván Menczel, Walter Block, Stavros Dimas, Jorma Kinnunen, and Natalia Bessmertnova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Theroux ranks 7,056 out of 20,380. Before him are Daphne Zuniga (1962), Marion Jones (1975), Gary Locke (1950), David A. R. White (1970), Kevin McHale (1957), and Utada Hikaru (1983). After him are Jim Hutton (1934), Gregory Walcott (1928), Leo Burnett (1891), Barbara Rush (1927), Blind Willie Johnson (1897), and Lewis Cass (1782).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paul Theroux ranks 560. Before him are Eben Alexander (1953), Frank Belknap Long (1901), William Dean Howells (1837), Kenneth Copeland (1936), Sidney Howard (1891), and Joanna Russ (1937). After him are William Gibson (1914), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), Frank O'Hara (1926), and Michael Cristofer (1945).

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