1972 - Today
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, and the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Where Reasons End. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yiyun Li has received more than 221,229 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yiyun Li is the 5,695th most popular writer, the 980th most popular biography from China and the 103rd most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Yiyun Li ranks 5,695 out of 5,794. Before her are Espido Freire, Elena Milashina, Marlon James, Sanal Edamaruku, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Ann Patchett. After her are Mika Brzezinski, George Monbiot, Édouard Louis, Sophie Dahl, Claudia Amengual, and Niloofar Rahmani.
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 5,689
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 5,690
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 5,691
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 5,692
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 5,693
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 5,694
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 5,695
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 5,696
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 5,697
1992 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 5,698
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 5,699
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 5,700
1992 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 5,701
Among people born in 1972, Yiyun Li ranks 723. Before her are Tim Lobinger, Svetlana Boyko, Sylvie Lubamba, Sim Kwon-ho, Darren Anderton, and Chris Armas. After her are Elena Baranova, Galina Kukleva, Alfonso Obregón, Emily Robison, Lyudmila Galkina, and Elvis Stojko.
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 717
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 718
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 719
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 720
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 721
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 722
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 723
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 724
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 725
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 726
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 727
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 728
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 729
Among people born in China, Yiyun Li ranks 980 out of 1,186. Before her are Sun Yue (1985), Tang Lin (1976), Zhu Ting (1994), Kanat Islam (1984), Zhou Suhong (1979), and Xing Huina (1984). After her are Xu Yunlong (1979), Tong Wen (1983), Cai Yun (1980), Chen Yanqing (1979), Han Ying (1983), and Liu Xuan (1979).
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 974
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 975
1994 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 976
1984 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 977
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 978
1984 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 979
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 980
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 981
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 982
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 983
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 984
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 985
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 986
Among writers born in China, Yiyun Li ranks 103. Before her are Ruth Graham (1920), Shan Sa (1972), Woeser (1966), Ken Liu (1976), Wei Hui (1973), and Han Han (1982).