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Yann Martel

1963 - Today

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Yann Martel, (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yann Martel has received more than 1,451,573 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Yann Martel is the 4,782nd most popular writer (down from 4,439th in 2019), the 1,472nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,320th in 2019) and the 169th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yann Martel ranks 4,782 out of 7,302. Before him are Anna Enquist, Axel Bakunts, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Roger Vitrac, Mirjam Pressler, and Vincenzo Monti. After him are John D. MacDonald, Florence Delay, Michel Déon, Henrik Nordbrandt, Alina Fernández, and Wolfgang Koeppen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Yann Martel ranks 251. Before him are Clint Mansell, E. L. James, Henri Leconte, Raimond Aumann, Slobodan Živojinović, and R. J. Palacio. After him are Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jean-Marc Vallée, Angus Macfadyen, Andrei Tchmil, Yoko Kanno, and Juan Ramón López Caro.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Yann Martel ranks 1,472 out of 3,355. Before him are Antonio Betancort (1937), José Vicente (1931), Tomás Bretón (1850), Enrique Morente (1942), Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo (1824), and José María Peña (1895). After him are Josep Irla (1874), Crisant Bosch (1907), Iván de la Peña (1976), Antonio Puchades (1925), Lolita Flores (1958), and Cristóbal Halffter (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Yann Martel ranks 169. Before him are Javier Cercas (1962), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (1949), Juan José Millás (1946), Eduardo Pondal (1835), Rosa Sensat (1873), and Juan de la Cueva (1543). After him are Corín Tellado (1927), Beatriz Galindo (1465), Rosa Chacel (1898), José Bergamín (1895), Joseba Sarrionandia (1958), and Gabriel Aresti (1933).

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