WRITER

Zhou Zuoren

1885 - 1967

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Zhou Zuoren (Chinese: 周作人; pinyin: Zhōu Zuòrén; Wade–Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (16 January 1885 – 6 May 1967) was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhou Zuoren has received more than 72,717 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Zhou Zuoren is the 3,793rd most popular writer (down from 3,537th in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from China (down from 745th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Xila zhi yu guang
Chinese Authors, Biography
Tan hu ji
Lu Xun xiao shuo li di ren wu
Authors, Chinese, Biography, Characters
Ye du chao
Books, Chinese essays, Reviews
Yong ri ji
Ze xie ji
Ye du chao
Books, Chinese essays, Reviews
Tan hu ji
Zi ji de yuan di
Zi ji de yuan di
Yong ri ji
Ye du chao
Books, Chinese essays, Reviews
Yong ri ji
Zhitang hui xiang lu
Chinese Authors, Biography
Tan hu ji
Xila zhi yu guang
Chinese Authors, Biography
Xila zhi yu guang
Chinese Authors, Biography
Zhitang hui xiang lu
Chinese Authors, Biography

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zhou Zuoren ranks 3,793 out of 7,302Before him are Gordon R. Dickson, Viveca Sten, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Walter Kempowski, Francis Marrash, and Israel Zangwill. After him are Diphilus, Remmius Palaemon, Antonio Buero Vallejo, Kalhana, Stevan Sremac, and Eric Ambler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Zhou Zuoren ranks 151Before him are Sigrid Hjertén, Alice Paul, Allan Dwan, Albert Betz, Blas Infante, and Egon Wellesz. After him are Sophia Parnok, Louise Bryant, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Richmond K. Turner, Paul Leni, and Mae Murray. Among people deceased in 1967, Zhou Zuoren ranks 161Before him are Siegfried Sassoon, Milán Füst, Gigi Meroni, Gideon Ståhlberg, Edward Chamberlin, and Samad Behrangi. After him are Vlastimil Kopecký, André Cluytens, Ramón Encinas, Elmer Rice, Oskar Maria Graf, and Erick-Oskar Hansen.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhou Zuoren ranks 816 out of 1,610Before him are Li Zhaoxing (1940), Li Ning (1963), Xue Yue (1896), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Chen Jiru (1558), and Song Ping (1917). After him are Zhang Binglin (1868), Zhang Dejiang (1946), Cai Qi (1955), Qiao Shi (1924), Cui Hao (704), and Jia Qinglin (1940).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Zhou Zuoren ranks 91Before him are Sanmao (1943), Yang Jiang (1911), Xiao Hong (1911), Wang Changling (698), Wu Jingzi (1701), and Chögyam Trungpa (1939). After him are Cui Hao (704), Taranatha (1575), Katherine Paterson (1932), Yan Lianke (1958), Ma Duanlin (1245), and Hwang Sok-yong (1943).