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WRITER

Zhu Ziqing

1898 - 1948

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Zhu Ziqing (November 22, 1898 – August 12, 1948), born Zhu Zihua, was a renowned Chinese poet and essayist. Zhu studied at Peking University, and during the May Fourth Movement became one of several pioneers of modernism in China during the 1920s. Zhu was a prolific writer of both prose and poetry, but is best known for essays like "Retreating Figure" (Chinese: 背影; pinyin: Bèiyǐng), and "You. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhu Ziqing has received more than 62,447 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Zhu Ziqing is the 4,444th most popular writer (down from 4,281st in 2019), the 819th most popular biography from China (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 101st most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 62k

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  • 47.21

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zhu Ziqing ranks 4,444 out of 5,755Before him are Florence Delay, Fran Levstik, Karel Sabina, Dulce María Loynaz, Roberto Saviano, and Zainab Biisheva. After him are Johann Jakob Breitinger, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Irving Wallace, Keri Hulme, Christopher Priest, and Hilde Domin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Zhu Ziqing ranks 183Before him are Allen Woodring, Norman Vincent Peale, Lily Pons, Rosa Chacel, William Astbury, and Blind Willie McTell. After him are Preston Sturges, Leonard Howell, Riichi Yokomitsu, Kay Sage, M. Ageyev, and Ferreira de Castro. Among people deceased in 1948, Zhu Ziqing ranks 130Before him are Abraham Brill, Avetis Aharonian, Edgar Leonard, Giulio Gaudini, Gregg Toland, and Kristine Bonnevie. After him are Alfredo Baldomir, Sylvanus Morley, Alice Salomon, Harry Brearley, Constantin Angelescu, and Bevil Rudd.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhu Ziqing ranks 819 out of 1,392Before him are Wang Shu (1963), Keye Luke (1904), Liang Shuming (1893), Sun Chunlan (1950), Wang Guowei (1877), and Dai Sijie (1954). After him are Li Wenliang (1986), Wang Shimin (1592), James Soong (1942), Liu Yunshan (1947), Tang Wei (1979), and Zhou Xiaochuan (1948).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Zhu Ziqing ranks 101Before him are Wen Yiduo (1899), Zhang Jie (1937), Bei Dao (1949), Mervyn Peake (1911), Wang Guowei (1877), and Dai Sijie (1954). After him are Wang Meng (1934), Ingrid Noll (1935), John Hersey (1914), Lin Shu (1852), You Xie (1958), and Fang Fang (1955).