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Richard Powers

1957 - Today

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Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Powers has received more than 942,611 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Powers is the 5,165th most popular writer (down from 4,560th in 2019), the 7,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,483rd in 2019) and the 580th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Powers ranks 5,165 out of 7,302. Before him are Pieter Jelles Troelstra, José María de Pereda, Hallgrímur Helgason, Ludwig Thoma, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, and Peter Härtling. After him are Viktoriya Tokareva, Elizabeth Goudge, Per Olof Sundman, Ekaterine Gabashvili, János Pilinszky, and Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Richard Powers ranks 305. Before him are Michael Hurst, Michael Bowen, Alan Ball, Peter Murphy, Kenyu Horiuchi, and Renée Soutendijk. After him are Paolo Nespoli, Giuseppe Saronni, Franco Frattini, Beppe Gabbiani, Pierre Moscovici, and John Howe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 7,385 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Sutter (1921), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Lawrence Gordon (1936), Glenn Hardin (1910), Robert A. Taft (1889), and Leonard Slatkin (1944). After him are Janet Moreau (1927), Jerry Rubin (1938), Jim Wetherbee (1952), Mary Martin (1913), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), and DeAndre Yedlin (1993).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 580. Before him are Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Warren Farrell (1943), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Louella Parsons (1881), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), and Eve Ensler (1953). After him are Ernie Pyle (1900), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Philip Agee (1935), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Lester del Rey (1915), and Louis L'Amour (1908).

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