WRITER

Tony Kushner

1956 - Today

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Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage, he is most known for his seminal work Angels in America, which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as its subsequent acclaimed HBO miniseries of the same name. At the turn of the 21st century, he became known for his numerous film collaborations with Steven Spielberg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Kushner has received more than 1,846,807 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Tony Kushner is the 6,047th most popular writer (down from 5,474th in 2019), the 9,999th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,151st in 2019) and the 751st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Cultures of ambivalence and contempt
Judaism, Relations, Antisemitism
1997
Remembering Cable Street
Politics and government, Fascism, Jews
1999
A Meditation from Angels in America
1994
Angels in America
Drama, Gay men, AIDS (Disease)
1992
Homebody/Kabul
Drama, Missing persons, British
2002
The Jewish Heritage in British History
1992

Page views of Tony Kushners by language

Over the past year Tony Kushner has had the most page views in the with 278,948 views, followed by French (9,842), and German (7,374). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (139.75%), Haitian (83.75%), and Finnish (60.49%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tony Kushner ranks 6,047 out of 7,302. Before him are Izaak Walton, Buchi Emecheta, Crane Wilbur, Armistead Maupin, Su Tong, and Euphrase Kezilahabi. After him are Cyril Collard, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Franz Fühmann, Alain Mabanckou, and Gustav Hasford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Tony Kushner ranks 465. Before him are Dianne Reeves, John Debney, John Wells, Steve Coleman, Skipp Sudduth, and Ana Rosa Quintana. After him are Enele Sopoaga, Dorothy Hamill, Yury Trutnev, Asha-Rose Migiro, Chris Ellis, and Gabriela von Habsburg.

Others Born in 1956

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Kushner ranks 9,999 out of 20,380. Before him are Maurice Stokes (1933), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Bob Hayes (1942), Nicholle Tom (1978), and Gwynne Shotwell (1963). After him are Robert Elswit (1950), John T. Scopes (1900), Juli Ashton (1969), Samantha Smith (1969), Tony Martin (1913), and Gustav Hasford (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tony Kushner ranks 751. Before him are Dick Cavett (1936), Andy Weir (1972), Scott Turow (1949), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Crane Wilbur (1886), and Armistead Maupin (1944). After him are Gustav Hasford (1947), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Charles Brackett (1892), John Perry Barlow (1947), David Simon (1960), and Peter Matthiessen (1927).

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