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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 824,806 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Powers is the 4,575th most popular writer, the 6,497th most popular biography from United States and the 521st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Powers ranks 4,575 out of 5,755Before him are Ndre Mjeda, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Javier Cercas, Roy Jacobsen, Ludwig Bechstein, and Hiromi Kawakami. After him are David Weber, Hans Nielsen Hauge, Eleanor Farjeon, Yurii Andrukhovych, Juan de la Cueva, and George Mikes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Richard Powers ranks 238Before him are Ali Larijani, Claude Criquielion, Éder Aleixo de Assis, Kevin McHale, Mario Van Peebles, and Jean-Christophe Yoccoz. After him are Viktor Khristenko, Len Blavatnik, Andrei Kolkoutine, Lori Singer, Zhao Leji, and Sainkho Namtchylak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 6,497 out of 18,182Before him are Iwao Takamoto (1925), Jennifer Capriati (1976), Chris Andersen (1978), Pat Torpey (1953), Richard Burgi (1958), and Jay Gould (1836). After him are Nathan Hale (1755), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Nick Carter (1980), Betty Buckley (1947), David Weber (1952), and Matthew Labyorteaux (1966).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 521Before him are Sylvia Browne (1936), Damon Knight (1922), Robert Richardson (1955), Melissa Mathison (1950), Arthur Golden (1956), and Timothy Zahn (1951). After him are David Weber (1952), Chester Himes (1909), John O'Hara (1905), James E. Gunn (1923), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), and Eudora Welty (1909).