WRITER

Phan Bội Châu

1867 - 1940

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Phan Bội Châu (Vietnamese: [faːn ɓôjˀ cəw]; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940), born Phan Văn San, courtesy name Hải Thụ (later changed to Sào Nam), was a pioneer of 20th century Vietnamese nationalism. In 1904, he formed a revolutionary organization called Duy Tân Hội ("Modernization Association"). From 1905 to 1908, he lived in Japan where he wrote political tracts calling for the independence of Vietnam from French colonial rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phan Bội Châu has received more than 232,236 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Phan Bội Châu is the 2,163rd most popular writer (up from 2,255th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Thơ văn Phan Bội Châu thời kỳ ở Hué̂, 1926-1940
1987
Ngục trung thư
Biography, Political prisoners, Revolutionaries
1950
Pháp Việt đề huề chính kiến thư
1925
Phan Bội Châu, về một số vấn đề văn hóa-xã hội-chính trị
Conduct of life, Politics and government, Vietnamese Civics
2000
Truyện và ký
1995
Trung Quang tâm sử
Literature works of Phan Bội Châu; famous Vietnamese author.
2005

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Phan Bội Châu ranks 2,163 out of 7,302. Before him are Amrita Pritam, Eduard Uspensky, Paul Morand, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Ernst Robert Curtius, and Al-Farazdaq. After him are Michel Leiris, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Isaac the Blind, Katsu Kaishū, William of Moerbeke, and Auguste Maquet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Phan Bội Châu ranks 67. Before him are Arthur Rackham, Sundance Kid, Julien Benda, Marie Krøyer, Yevgeny Miller, and Ali Kemal. After him are Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Dagny Juel, Konstantin Balmont, Cy Young, Edith Hamilton, and Gutzon Borglum. Among people deceased in 1940, Phan Bội Châu ranks 65. Before him are Jesse Livermore, Nedo Nadi, Lewis Hine, Marie Krøyer, Willi Münzenberg, and Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval. After him are Luigi Orione, Jehan Alain, Henri Desgrange, Janina Lewandowska, J.-H. Rosny aîné, and Alfred Loisy.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Phan Bội Châu ranks 44 out of 136. Before him are Duy Tân (1900), Lý Thái Tổ (974), Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), Marie-France Pisier (1944), Đỗ Mười (1917), and Nguyễn Văn Linh (1915). After him are Trương Tấn Sang (1949), Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), Võ Chí Công (1912), Nguyễn Minh Triết (1942), Thiệu Trị (1807), and Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

Among writers born in Vietnam, Phan Bội Châu ranks 2. Before him are Marguerite Duras (1914). After him are Nguyễn Du (1765), Hồ Xuân Hương (1772), Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Kim Thúy (1968), and Viet Thanh Nguyen (1971).

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