1958 - Today
Yan Lianke (Chinese: 阎连科; born August 24, 1958) is a Chinese writer of novels and short stories based in Beijing. His work is highly satirical, which has resulted in some of his most renowned works being banned in China. He has admitted to self-censorship while writing his stories in order to avoid censorship.His novels include Serve the People!, Lenin's Kisses, and Dream of Ding Village. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yan Lianke has received more than 151,485 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yan Lianke is the 4,123rd most popular writer (up from 4,145th in 2019), the 796th most popular biography from China (down from 729th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Yan Lianke ranks 4,123 out of 5,755. Before him are Knud Knudsen, Corín Tellado, Rosemary Sutcliff, Vera Inber, Hector Bianciotti, and Fernando Vallejo. After him are Géza Csáth, Leigh Bardugo, Robert Leckie, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Frankétienne, and Yu Dafu.
1812 - 1895
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,117
1927 - 2009
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,118
1920 - 1992
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,119
1890 - 1972
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,120
1930 - 2012
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,121
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,122
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,123
1887 - 1919
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,124
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,125
1920 - 2001
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,126
1750 - 1791
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,127
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,128
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,129
Among people born in 1958, Yan Lianke ranks 168. Before him are Ricardo Gareca, Jean-Claude Hollerich, Jennifer Saunders, Tsutomu Sonobe, Julio Olarticoechea, and Giovanni Galli. After him are Mágico González, Jeannie Longo, Yuriy Boyko, Tamara Bykova, Rosa Mota, and Jack Coleman.
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 162
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 163
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 164
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 165
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 166
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 167
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 168
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 169
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 170
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 171
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 172
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 173
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 174
Among people born in China, Yan Lianke ranks 796 out of 1,392. Before him are Ye Mingchen (1807), Taranatha (1575), Xie Jin (1923), Lisa Lu (1927), Song Renqiong (1909), and Huang Ju (1938). After him are Yu Dafu (1896), Lang Ping (1960), Derek Parfit (1942), Chang Wanquan (1949), Shi Zhengli (1964), and Wen Yiduo (1899).
1807 - 1859
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 790
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 791
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 792
1927 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 793
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 794
1938 - 2007
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 795
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 796
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 797
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 798
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 799
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 800
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 801
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 802
Among writers born in China, Yan Lianke ranks 93. Before him are Yu Hua (1960), Ma Duanlin (1245), Katherine Paterson (1932), Wu Jingzi (1701), Chen Zi'ang (661), and Taranatha (1575). After him are Yu Dafu (1896), Wen Yiduo (1899), Zhang Jie (1937), Bei Dao (1949), Mervyn Peake (1911), and Wang Guowei (1877).
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 87
1245 - 1322
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 88
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 89
1701 - 1754
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 90
661 - 702
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 91
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 92
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 93
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 94
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 95
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 96
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 97
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 98
1877 - 1927
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 99