WRITER

Yan Lianke

1958 - Today

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Yan Lianke (Chinese: 阎连科; born August 24, 1958) is a Chinese writer of novels and short stories based in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yan Lianke has received more than 166,139 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Yan Lianke is the 4,199th most popular writer (down from 4,110th in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from China (down from 793rd in 2019) and the 95th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yan Lianke ranks 4,199 out of 7,302. Before him are Ida B. Wells, Theodore Roszak, Alexander Galich, John Winthrop, Don Miguel Ruiz, and Antoine Furetière. After him are Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Nicolas Bouvier, Juhan Smuul, Hélène Berr, Isidore Isou, and Daniela Hodrová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Yan Lianke ranks 183. Before him are Nik Kershaw, Mark Moses, Hiromi Kawakami, Thongchai McIntyre, Margaret Colin, and Wafa Sultan. After him are Thomas Reiter, Guillermo Arriaga, Yu Rongguang, Edgardo Bauza, Tsutomu Sonobe, and Algirdas Butkevičius.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yan Lianke ranks 848 out of 1,610. Before him are Ching Siu-tung (1953), Wang Shu (1963), Ma Zhongying (1910), Yu Zhengsheng (1945), Carina Lau (1965), and Song Renqiong (1909). After him are Ma Duanlin (1245), Yu Rongguang (1958), Liu Yandong (1945), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), Yu Dafu (1896), and P. C. Chang (1892).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Yan Lianke ranks 95. Before him are Wu Jingzi (1701), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Zhou Zuoren (1885), Cui Hao (704), Taranatha (1575), and Katherine Paterson (1932). After him are Ma Duanlin (1245), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), Yu Dafu (1896), Chen Zi'ang (661), Mervyn Peake (1911), and Dai Sijie (1954).

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