WRITER

Yiyun Li

1972 - Today

Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li (born November 4, 1972) is a Chinese-born writer and professor in the United States. Her short stories and novels have won several awards, including the PEN/Hemingway Award and Guardian First Book Award for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Where Reasons End, and the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The Book of Goose. Her short story collection Wednesday's Child was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yiyun Li has received more than 411,436 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Yiyun Li is the 6,848th most popular writer (down from 6,327th in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from China (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

410k
Page Views (PV)
45.76
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
2.56
Effective Languages (L*)
2.59
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yiyun Li ranks 6,848 out of 7,302. Before her are Douglas Murray, Javier Sicilia, Ken Liu, Mariam Petrosyan, Faye Kellerman, and Mimoza Ahmeti. After her are Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Dan Barker, Robert Pinsky, Laurie Lee, Roberto Orci, and Ingrid Klimke.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Douglas Murray
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 6,842
Javier Sicilia
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 6,843
Ken Liu
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 6,844
Mariam Petrosyan
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 6,845
Faye Kellerman
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 6,846
Mimoza Ahmeti
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 6,847
Yiyun Li
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 6,848
Javier Valdez Cárdenas
1967 - 2017
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 6,849
Dan Barker
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 6,850
Robert Pinsky
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 6,851
Laurie Lee
1914 - 1997
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 6,852
Roberto Orci
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 6,853
Ingrid Klimke
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 6,854

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Yiyun Li ranks 615. Before her are Natalya Sadova, Xavier Giannoli, Paulo Figueiredo, Bang Soo-hyun, Miriam Oremans, and Fuad Anwar Amin. After her are Svetlana Ishmouratova, Krzysztof Charamsa, James Duval, Igor Grosu, Ernest Cline, and Adhemar.

Others Born in 1972

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Natalya Sadova
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 609
Xavier Giannoli
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 610
Paulo Figueiredo
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 611
Bang Soo-hyun
BADMINTON PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 612
Miriam Oremans
TENNIS PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 613
Fuad Anwar Amin
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 614
Yiyun Li
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 615
Svetlana Ishmouratova
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 616
Krzysztof Charamsa
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 617
James Duval
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 618
Igor Grosu
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 619
Ernest Cline
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 620
Adhemar
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 621

In China

Among people born in China, Yiyun Li ranks 1,140 out of 1,610. Before her are Yi Siling (1989), Wen Junhui (1996), Feng Kun (1978), Wang Yan (1971), Chen Longcan (1965), and Ken Liu (1976). After her are Zhuang Xiaoyan (1969), Yu Wenxia (1989), Gao Hongbo (1966), Eric Yuan (1970), Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (1989), and Li Meisu (1959).

Others born in China

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Yi Siling
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 1,134
Wen Junhui
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,135
Feng Kun
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,136
Wang Yan
ATHLETE
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 1,137
Chen Longcan
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 1,138
Ken Liu
WRITER
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 1,139
Yiyun Li
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 1,140
Zhuang Xiaoyan
WRESTLER
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 1,141
Yu Wenxia
CELEBRITY
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 1,142
Gao Hongbo
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 1,143
Eric Yuan
BUSINESSPERSON
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 1,144
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 1,145
Li Meisu
ATHLETE
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 1,146