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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. Life of Pi was adapted for a movie directed by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars including Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.Martel is also the author of the novels The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, and Self, the collection of stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and a collection of letters to Canada's Prime Minister 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yann Martel has received more than 1,342,473 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Yann Martel is the 4,781st most popular writer (down from 4,439th in 2019), the 1,471st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,320th in 2019) and the 169th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Life of Pi
Teenage boys, Zoo animals, Fiction
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan… and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.
2001
Self
Fiction, Sexual orientation, Transsexuals
1996
Beatrice and Virgil
Fiction, Taxidermists in fiction, Animals in fiction
Fate takes many forms. . . . When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey--named Beatrice and Virgil--and the epic journey they undertake together.With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.From the Hardcover edition.
2010
The facts behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and other stories
Manners and customs, Fiction
1993
La Historia De La Familia Roccamatio De Helsinki/ the Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
2006
The facts behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Canadian Short stories, Manners and customs, Fiction
1993

Page views of Yann Martels by language

Over the past year Yann Martel has had the most page views in the with 140,518 views, followed by Russian (12,322), and French (10,213). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (82.27%), Kirghiz (82.16%), and Latin (72.27%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yann Martel ranks 4,781 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 1,471 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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