WRITER

Ted Chiang

1967 - Today

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Ted Chiang (traditional Chinese: 姜峯楠; born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. He has published the short story collections Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) and Exhalation: Stories (2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Chiang has received more than 2,402,642 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ted Chiang is the 5,518th most popular writer (down from 4,883rd in 2019), the 8,215th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,180th in 2019) and the 634th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ted Chiang ranks 5,518 out of 7,302. Before him are Niccolò Ammaniti, Eva Ibbotson, Brigitte Reimann, Philaenis, Kazimierz Brandys, and Vibius Sequester. After him are Goffredo Parise, Steven Moffat, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Robert Herrick, Paul-Eerik Rummo, and Oodgeroo Noonuccal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ted Chiang ranks 243. Before him are Lee Unkrich, Kajsa Ollongren, Faith Hill, Sergei Grinkov, Skin, and Quentin Meillassoux. After him are Masami Ihara, Riddick Bowe, Richey Edwards, Frances O'Connor, Ekin Cheng, and Sam Harris.

Others Born in 1967

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Chiang ranks 8,215 out of 20,380. Before him are Jackson Scholz (1897), Sam Simon (1955), A. J. Foyt (1935), Roy Estrada (1943), Diana Lynn (1926), and C. Thomas Howell (1966). After him are Harry DeBaecke (1879), Carl Johnson (1898), Gene Anthony Ray (1962), Frank Whaley (1963), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), and Paul Fix (1901).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ted Chiang ranks 634. Before him are Richard Scarry (1919), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), Martin Cruz Smith (1942), Amy Tan (1952), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), and John Keel (1930). After him are Michael Herr (1940), Norman Cousins (1915), Tim Powers (1952), Rick Warren (1954), Kenneth Burke (1897), and John Esposito (1940).

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