WRITER

Richard Flanagan

1961 - Today

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Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Question 7, making him the first writer in history to win both Britain's major fiction and non-fiction prizes. Flanagan was described by the Washington Post as "one of our greatest living novelists". "[C]onsidered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation", according to The Economist, the New York Review of Books described Flanagan as "among the most versatile writers in the English language". He has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Flanagan has received more than 609,001 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Flanagan is the 6,900th most popular writer (down from 5,926th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from Australia (down from 370th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Flanagan ranks 6,900 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Krauthammer, Raja Rao, Benjamin Jowett, Sayed Kashua, Sandi Toksvig, and Abdourahman Waberi. After him are Kiran Desai, Ishmael Reed, Shobhaa De, Robert B. Spencer, François Bégaudeau, and Alice Dunbar Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Richard Flanagan ranks 729. Before him are Robin Antin, Jack Guy Lafontant, Luděk Mikloško, Hermann Gröhe, Sean Hannity, and Billy Konchellah. After him are Carlos Muñoz, Manfred Deckert, Iliya Valov, Linda Manz, John C. Baez, and Ryan Zinke.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Richard Flanagan ranks 554 out of 1,143. Before him are Joey Didulica (1977), Ian O'Brien (1947), Luke Mitchell (1985), Snowy Baker (1884), Alex Brosque (1983), and Morgan Davies (2001). After him are H. V. Evatt (1894), Angus Sampson (1979), Andrew Hoy (1959), Warren Ellis (1965), Cody Simpson (1997), and Orianthi (1985).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Richard Flanagan ranks 32. Before him are DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), Les Murray (1938), Liane Moriarty (1966), Miles Franklin (1879), and Donna Williams (1963). After him are Geraldine Brooks (1955), Louisa Lawson (1848), Garth Nix (1963), Adam Elliot (1972), Kate Grenville (1950), and Judith Wright (1915).

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