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Ruth Ozeki

1956 - Today

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Ruth Ozeki (born March 12, 1956) is an American-Canadian author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her books and films, including the novels My Year of Meats (1998), All Over Creation (2003), A Tale for the Time Being (2013), and The Book of Form and Emptiness (2021), seek to integrate personal narrative and social issues, and deal with themes relating to science, technology, environmental politics, race, religion, war and global popular culture. Her novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Ozeki has received more than 421,260 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Ozeki is the 6,991st most popular writer, the 15,522nd most popular biography from United States and the 1,094th most popular American Writer.

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  • 420k

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  • 44.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruth Ozeki ranks 6,991 out of 7,302Before her are Arabella Kiesbauer, Polina Zherebtsova, Edwin Morgan, Scott Smith, Kossi Efoui, and Aravind Adiga. After her are Dima Khatib, Robert Olen Butler, Geoffrey A. Landis, Felicitas Hoppe, David Frawley, and Lucy Ayoub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ruth Ozeki ranks 733Before her are Chris O'Neil, Sarojini Sahoo, Delta Burke, Kevin Cogan, Lucyna Langer, and Tara Buckman. After her are Angela Aames, Peter David, Betsy Nagelsen, Julie Bishop, Brigitte Kraus, and Howard Davis Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruth Ozeki ranks 15,522 out of 20,380Before her are John Ottman (1964), Tara Buckman (1956), Penn Jillette (1955), David Berman (1973), Sabrina Lloyd (1970), and Tom McMillen (1952). After her are Kimberly Elise (1967), Lassie Lou Ahern (1920), Robert Olen Butler (1945), Adam Gregory (1987), Susanna Kallur (1981), and Jim DeMint (1951).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ruth Ozeki ranks 1,094Before her are Robert Anderson (1917), Rudolfo Anaya (1937), Conrad Richter (1890), J. Hillis Miller (1928), Zona Gale (1874), and Scott Smith (1965). After her are Robert Olen Butler (1945), Geoffrey A. Landis (1955), David Frawley (1950), Joaquin Miller (1837), Craig Thomas (1971), and Justin Raimondo (1951).