WRITER

Robert J. Sawyer

1960 - Today

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Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian and American science fiction writer. He has had 25 novels published and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and numerous anthologies. He has won many writing awards, including the best-novel Nebula Award (1995), the best-novel Hugo Award (2003), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006), the Robert A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert J. Sawyer has received more than 332,104 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert J. Sawyer is the 5,962nd most popular writer (down from 5,033rd in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from Canada (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 330k

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  • 51.63

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

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  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 5,962 out of 7,302Before him are Giannina Braschi, Josipina Turnograjska, Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, François Nourissier, and James Dickey. After him are Hugh Blair, Damon Lindelof, Daniel Quinn, Lucía Etxebarría, Monika Fagerholm, and Rói Patursson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 394Before him are Steven Rooks, Takeshi Koshida, Olga Bondarenko, Ellina Zvereva, Maurane, and Mike Mignola. After him are Vyacheslav Bykov, Dorothy Stratten, Zoran Živković, Erin Moran, Igor Presnyakov, and Oleksandr Sydorenko.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 551 out of 1,622Before him are Howie Morenz (1902), Guy Delisle (1966), Jack Cameron (1900), Rob Gonsalves (1959), Robert Lepage (1957), and Barbara Parkins (1942). After him are Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Kenneth Lane (1923), Arthur Hill (1922), Farley Mowat (1921), Edward Archibald (1884), and Charles Scicluna (1959).

Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 35Before him are Justine Musk (1972), Robertson Davies (1913), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Antonine Maillet (1929), Sven Delblanc (1931), and Mark Strand (1934). After him are Farley Mowat (1921), George Woodcock (1912), John Ralston Saul (1947), Robert Elsie (1950), Deborah Ellis (1960), and E. Pauline Johnson (1861).