1933 - 2004
Susan Lee Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, critic, and public intellectual. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Sontag has received more than 3,663,587 page views. Her biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Susan Sontag is the 359th most popular writer (up from 469th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from United States (up from 478th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Writer.
Susan Sontag is most famous for her essays "Notes on 'Camp'" and "Notes on 'Camp' (Continued)," which are about the concept of camp.
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Among writers, Susan Sontag ranks 359 out of 5,755. Before her are Jacques Prévert, Ahmad Yasawi, Andrzej Sapkowski, Jean Genet, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, and Erik Axel Karlfeldt. After her are Pär Lagerkvist, Alphonse Daudet, Anne Brontë, Henri Charrière, Cyrano de Bergerac, and William Wordsworth.
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 353
1103 - 1166
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 354
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 355
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 356
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 357
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 358
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 359
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 360
1840 - 1897
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 361
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 362
1906 - 1973
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 363
1619 - 1655
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 364
1770 - 1850
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 365
Among people born in 1933, Susan Sontag ranks 20. Before her are Amartya Sen, Claudio Abbado, Abolhassan Banisadr, Tinto Brass, Philip Roth, and Jalal Talabani. After her are Just Fontaine, Lina Medina, Paul Biya, Krzysztof Penderecki, Heinrich Rohrer, and Costa-Gavras. Among people deceased in 2004, Susan Sontag ranks 13. Before her are Francis Crick, Christopher Reeve, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Françoise Sagan, Czesław Miłosz, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. After her are Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Peter Ustinov, Ahmed Yassin, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and Akhmad Kadyrov.
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 14
1933 - 2014
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 15
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 16
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 17
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 18
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 19
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 20
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 21
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 23
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 24
1933 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 25
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 26
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 7
1952 - 2004
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 8
1908 - 2004
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 9
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 10
1911 - 2004
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 11
1901 - 2004
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 12
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 13
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 14
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 15
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 16
1918 - 2004
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 18
1951 - 2004
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 19
Among people born in United States, Susan Sontag ranks 345 out of 18,182. Before her are Margaret Mead (1901), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Dick Cheney (1941), Jack Ruby (1911), Pete Conrad (1930), and Jared Leto (1971). After her are William Jennings Bryan (1860), Harvey Keitel (1939), Steve Ballmer (1956), Christopher Walken (1943), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), and Tim Burton (1958).
1901 - 1978
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 339
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 340
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 341
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 342
1930 - 1999
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 343
1971 - Present
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 344
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 345
1860 - 1925
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 346
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 347
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 348
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 349
1972 - Present
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 350
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 351
Among writers born in United States, Susan Sontag ranks 38. Before her are Louise Glück (1943), Napoleon Hill (1883), Philip Roth (1933), O. Henry (1862), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), and Truman Capote (1924). After her are Henry James (1843), Dan Brown (1964), Sylvia Plath (1932), Paul Auster (1947), Alvin Toffler (1928), and Tom Clancy (1947).
1943 - 2023
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 32
1883 - 1970
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 33
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 34
1862 - 1910
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 35
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 36
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 37
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 38
1843 - 1916
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 39
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 40
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 41
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 42
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 43
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 44