WRITER

Yu Hua

1960 - Today

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Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá; born April 3, 1960) is a Chinese author, widely considered the foremost writer of avant-garde fiction and one of the greatest living authors in China.Shortly after his debut as a fiction writer in 1983, his first breakthrough came in 1987, when he released the short story "On the Road at Age Eighteen". Yu Hua was regarded as a promising avant-garde or post-New Wave writer. Many critics also regard him as a champion for Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yu Hua has received more than 253,029 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Yu Hua is the 3,342nd most popular writer (up from 3,770th in 2019), the 761st most popular biography from China (up from 770th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Xian xue mei hua
1999
Zhan li
1995
Huo zhe
Fate and fatalism, Fiction, Friendship
1994
Xiong di =
Chinese fiction, Chang pian xiao shuo
2005
Xu San'guan mai xue ji
Chinese fiction
1996
Xian shi yi zhong
1999

Page views of Yu Huas by language

Over the past year Yu Hua has had the most page views in the with 102,904 views, followed by English (50,423), and Italian (10,016). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (68.47%), Korean (63.04%), and Turkish (52.86%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yu Hua ranks 3,342 out of 7,302. Before him are Alessandro Baricco, Stanisław Konarski, Isaac de Benserade, Leif G. W. Persson, Tarabai Shinde, and Henry Becque. After him are Abu Ali Bal'ami, Francesco de Sanctis, David Crystal, Isaac Casaubon, Cornelis Tromp, and Valerius Antias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Yu Hua ranks 151. Before him are Robin Shou, Rob Marshall, José Peseiro, Richard Linklater, Angélique Kidjo, and Adam Clayton. After him are Uwe Bein, Franz Welser-Möst, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Reed Hastings, Eric Betzig, and Ko Wen-je.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yu Hua ranks 761 out of 1,610. Before him are Pei Xiu (224), Tang Jingsong (1841), Witness Lee (1905), Shen Congwen (1902), Longchenpa (1308), and Zhang Tingyu (1672). After him are Xu Caihou (1943), Xu Xiangqian (1901), Huang Hua (1913), Wu Bangguo (1941), Dai Zhen (1724), and Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Yu Hua ranks 83. Before him are Wang Bo (650), Qian Zhongshu (1910), Luo Yixiu (1889), Sakya Pandita (1182), Shen Congwen (1902), and Longchenpa (1308). After him are Bing Xin (1900), Sanmao (1943), Yang Jiang (1911), Xiao Hong (1911), Wang Changling (698), and Wu Jingzi (1701).

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