WRITER

Yaa Gyasi

1989 - Today

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Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian American novelist. Her work, most notably her 2016 debut novel Homegoing and her 2020 novel Transcendent Kingdom, features themes of lineage, generational trauma, and Black and African identities. At the age of 26, Gyasi won the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for Best First Book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" honors for 2016 and the 2017 American Book Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yaa Gyasi has received more than 563,735 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yaa Gyasi is the 7,264th most popular writer (down from 6,449th in 2019).

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  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yaa Gyasi ranks 7,264 out of 7,302. Before her are Julie Bindel, Amanda Beard, Adrianne Wadewitz, Catherynne M. Valente, Nujood Ali, and Jesmyn Ward. After her are Elena Huelva, Philippa Boyens, Rachel Morrison, Kateryna Kalytko, Caroline Criado Perez, and Geoffrey S. Fletcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Yaa Gyasi ranks 1,129. Before her are Jowst, Igor Morozov, Steve Smith, Anisya Kirdyapkina, SuRie, and Hanna Falk. After her are Matteo Pelucchi, Jesús Dueñas, Yevgeniya Startseva, Cécilia Berder, Nathan Júnior, and Matt Ritchie.

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