WRITER

Peter Hedges

1962 - Today

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Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Hedges has received more than 894,770 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Hedges is the 6,826th most popular writer (down from 6,166th in 2019), the 14,282nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,277th in 2019) and the 1,037th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

What's eating Gilbert Grape
City and town life, Family, Fiction
1991
An Ocean in Iowa
Boys, Fathers and sons, Fiction
1997
The heights
High school teachers, Married people, Adultery
2010
About a boy
About a boy (Motion picture), Motion picture plays, Drama
2001
Ocean in Iowa
1998
Dan in Real Life
Film & television screenplays, Performing Arts, Pop Arts / Pop Culture
2007

Page views of Peter Hedges by language

Over the past year Peter Hedges has had the most page views in the with 68,922 views, followed by Russian (4,324), and French (3,579). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (85.15%), Danish (52.14%), and Ukrainian (43.75%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Hedges ranks 6,826 out of 7,302. Before him are William Gilmore Simms, Anna Todd, Lena Andersson, Wei Hui, Federico Andahazi, and Michael Goldenberg. After him are Bharati Mukherjee, Kofi Awoonor, David Ignatius, Robert Bridges, Anne Enright, and Jan van Steenbergen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Peter Hedges ranks 715. Before him are Bill Sage, Jan Björklund, Javier Zeoli, Natalya Bochina, Salvatore Antibo, and David Morales. After him are Diego Pérez, Jiří Malec, Dominic Keating, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Anne Enright, and Frank Wieneke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Hedges ranks 14,282 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeff Nathanson (1965), Chris Shiflett (1971), Michael Bradley (1987), David Morales (1962), Michael Goldenberg (1965), and Cathy Carr (1954). After him are Andrew Shue (1967), Pete George (1929), Bruce E. Melnick (1949), Rocky Gray (1974), Eric Flaim (1967), and Sarah Jones (1983).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Hedges ranks 1,037. Before him are Tom Kapinos (1969), Ann Leckie (1966), James Merrill (1926), William Gilmore Simms (1806), Anna Todd (1989), and Michael Goldenberg (1965). After him are David Ignatius (1950), Seth Meyers (1973), Elaine Showalter (1941), Michael Arndt (1970), Faye Kellerman (1952), and Dan Barker (1949).

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