WRITER

Shan Sa

1972 - Today

Shan Sa

Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni (born October 26, 1972, in Beijing, China), a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (a prize voted by secondary school students). Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress (2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shan Sa has received more than 46,437 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Shan Sa is the 6,365th most popular writer (down from 5,894th in 2019), the 1,045th most popular biography from China (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 121st most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

46k
Page Views (PV)
49.37
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
7.78
Effective Languages (L*)
1.69
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shan Sa ranks 6,365 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles Lock Eastlake, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Tom Wilson, Edward Everett Hale, Kaifi Azmi, and John P. Marquand. After her are Christian Prudhomme, Michael Rosen, Henry Green, Laurent Binet, S. E. Hinton, and Joel Osteen.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Charles Lock Eastlake
1793 - 1865
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 6,359
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
1938 - 2019
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 6,360
Tom Wilson
1931 - 1978
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 6,361
Edward Everett Hale
1822 - 1909
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 6,362
Kaifi Azmi
1919 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 6,363
John P. Marquand
1893 - 1960
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 6,364
Shan Sa
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 6,365
Christian Prudhomme
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 6,366
Michael Rosen
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 6,367
Henry Green
1905 - 1973
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 6,368
Laurent Binet
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 6,369
S. E. Hinton
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 6,370
Joel Osteen
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 6,371

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Shan Sa ranks 393. Before her are Darren Hayes, Sammi Cheng, Kalinikos Kreanga, Melissa Auf der Maur, Elyes Fakhfakh, and Alexander Borodai. After her are Jaouad Gharib, Guillaume Gallienne, Laurent Binet, Kai Wegner, Mart Poom, and Trentemøller.

Others Born in 1972

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Darren Hayes
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 387
Sammi Cheng
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 388
Kalinikos Kreanga
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 389
Melissa Auf der Maur
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 390
Elyes Fakhfakh
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 391
Alexander Borodai
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 392
Shan Sa
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 393
Jaouad Gharib
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 394
Guillaume Gallienne
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 395
Laurent Binet
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 396
Kai Wegner
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 397
Mart Poom
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 398
Trentemøller
MUSICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 399