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Robert M. Pirsig

1928 - 2017

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Robert Maynard Pirsig (; September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert M. Pirsig has received more than 1,069,573 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert M. Pirsig is the 2,690th most popular writer (up from 3,015th in 2019), the 3,404th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,945th in 2019) and the 297th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Biography, Description and travel, Fathers and sons
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.
1974
Lila an Inquiry Into Morals
1992
Lila
Fiction, Sailing, Ethics
Sequel to the wildly popular Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Pirsig expands on the ideas of Quality and expands them into a complete Metaphysics of Quality.
1991
Lila's Child
2003
Traite Du Zen Et De L'entretie
1998
Zen y el arte de la mantención de la motocicleta
Philosophy, Biography, Autobiography
1993
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Pirsig, Robert M., Biography, Description and travel
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.
1974
Lila
1991
Lila's Child
2003
On Quality
2022
Lila
Fiction, Sailing, Ethics
Sequel to the wildly popular Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Pirsig expands on the ideas of Quality and expands them into a complete Metaphysics of Quality.
1991
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
1975

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 2,690 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques Collin de Plancy, Alex Haley, Jean-François de La Harpe, David Lagercrantz, Giuseppe Giacosa, and Horace McCoy. After him are William Smith, Violette Leduc, Hildebert, Yi Kwang-su, Juliette Adam, and George Tabori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 216. Before him are Édouard Glissant, Bella Darvi, Nancy Marchand, Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, and Tom Sharpe. After him are Yury Yakovlev, Reg Park, Willy Mairesse, Saw Maung, Leonid Bykov, and Luigi Colani. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 181. Before him are Seijun Suzuki, Joachim Meisner, Dritëro Agolli, Linda Nochlin, Albert Zafy, and Hilarion Capucci. After him are Max Gallo, Gustavo Rojo, Marjorie Boulton, Sonny Landham, Mary Tyler Moore, and Arthur Janov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 3,404 out of 20,380. Before him are Mick Mars (1951), Jack Cassidy (1927), Jeff Hanneman (1964), Robert D. Putnam (1941), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), and Horace McCoy (1897). After him are Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), Vernor Vinge (1944), Earnie Shavers (1944), Machine Gun Kelly (1990), Fred Quimby (1886), and Hyman Minsky (1919).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 297. Before him are John Cheever (1912), William Goldman (1931), Michael Cunningham (1952), Harlan Ellison (1934), Alex Haley (1921), and Horace McCoy (1897). After him are Henry Darger (1892), Eric Roth (1945), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Harold Robbins (1916), and Carl Bernstein (1944).

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