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Literature personalities
september 2001
july 2005
personalities
sites
winning or losing places since 1998
% 98/01
personalities
sites
winning or losing places since
2001
% 01/05
1
William Shakespeare
174817
0
372%
1
William Shakespeare
2020000
0
1155%
2
Victor Hugo
117346
1
397%
2
René Descartes
1950000
26
4844%
3
Oscar Wilde
114535
-1
381%
3
Gabriel García Márquez
1738000
34
5321%
4
Charles Dickens
110149
2
441%
4
Oscar Wilde
1280000
-1
1118%
5
William James
90039
0
319%
5
J.r.r. Tolkien
1160000
7
1821%
6
James Joyce
76712
2
332%
6
Victor Hugo
1150000
-4
980%
7
Ernest Hemingway
70145
7
397%
7
Lord Byron
1140000
14
2591%
8
Walt Whitman
69091
-1
265%
8
Charles Dickens
1130000
-4
1026%
9
Edgar Poe
68758
-5
200%
9
Paulo Coelho
1080000
53
5742%
10
Henry James
65476
1
313%
10
Immanuel Kant
1072300
20
2801%
11
Bernard Shaw
65155
4
380%
11
Julio Verne
1030000
2
1736%
12
J.r.r. Tolkien
63709
8
552%
12
Pablo Neruda
992000
22
2789%
13
Julio Verne
59329
3
346%
13
Aldous Huxley
960000
5
2067%
14
Isaac Asimov
52578
-4
224%
14
Ann Rice
889800
5
1953%
15
Lewis Carroll
51798
-2
248%
15
Friedrich Nietzsche
848000
17
2299%
16
Jack London
49766
1
333%
16
Lewis Carroll
828000
-1
1599%
17
Agatha Christie
46866
-8
172%
17
Dante Alighieri
814000
6
1895%
18
Aldous Huxley
46436
6
461%
18
Edgar Poe
802300
-9
1167%
19
Ann Rice
45560
-7
197%
19
Christian Andersen
791000
21
2549%
20
Rudyard Kipling
44281
-2
334%
20
Bertrand Russell
786000
7
1929%
21
Lord Byron
44001
0
373%
21
James Joyce
779000
-15
1015%
22
Franz Kafka
43320
4
424%
22
Albert Camus
770000
7
1928%
23
Dante Alighieri
42944
6
435%
23
Ernest Hemingway
753000
-16
1073%
24
Jean Paul Sartre
41666
11
497%
24
Franz Kafka
743000
-2
1715%
25
Antoine De Saint Exupery
41031
34
944%
25
Bertolt Brecht
741110
8
2050%
26
John Steinbeck
40880
1
397%
26
Agatha Christie
736000
-9
1570%
27
Bertrand Russell
40742
-8
306%
27
Miguel De Cervantes
734000
23
3070%
28
René Descartes
40258
0
396%
28
Rudyard Kipling
727000
-8
1642%
29
Albert Camus
39948
4
463%
29
John Steinbeck
727000
-3
1778%
30
Immanuel Kant
38282
119
5073%
30
Walt Whitman
723000
-22
1046%
31
William Faulkner
37611
-9
315%
31
Bernard Shaw
704000
-20
1081%
32
Friedrich Nietzsche
36889
5
468%
32
Alejandro Dumas
690500
9
2261%
33
Bertolt Brecht
36146
-10
314%
33
Jean Paul Sartre
683000
-9
1639%
34
Pablo Neruda
35572
2
441%
34
Isaac Asimov
674000
-20
1282%
35
Tennessee Williams
35445
-10
328%
35
Guimarães Rosa
664000
70
8269%
36
Samuel beckett
33724
-4
356%
36
William James
658000
-31
731%
37
Gabriel García Márquez
32660
2
421%
37
Jack London
652000
-21
1310%
38
Henry Miller
32055
-8
329%
38
William Faulkner
651000
-7
1731%
39
John Dewey
31465
-8
322%
39
Henry James
632000
-29
965%
40
Christian Andersen
31035
-6
338%
40
Paul Valéry
597000
19
2912%
41
Alejandro Dumas
30538
1
491%
41
Federico García Lorca
590000
7
2409%
42
Jorge Luis Borges
30292
2
512%
42
Charlotte Bronte
586000
15
2773%
43
Washington Irving
30185
2
517%
43
Jean Jacques rousseau
576000
1
1957%
44
Jean Jacques Rousseau
29439
-3
442%
44
Jorge Luis borges
566000
-2
1868%
45
Marcel Proust
27724
9
556%
45
Samuel Beckett
561000
-9
1664%
46
Jonathan Swift
27308
-8
329%
46
Antoine De Saint Exupery
518000
-21
1262%
47
Jean Cocteau
24770
1
438%
47
José Saramago
517000
16
2755%
48
Federico García Lorca
24490
9
500%
48
Henry Miller
514000
-10
1603%
49
Andrés Bello
24035
-2
422%
49
Tennessee Williams
509000
-14
1436%
50
Miguel De Cervantes
23911
5
469%
50
Honoré De Balzac
508000
21
3024%
51
Ezra Pound
23427
-11
299%
51
Jonathan Swift
493000
-5
1805%
52
Fernando Pessoa
22500
1
421%
52
Andrés Bello
486000
-3
2022%
53
John Updike
22450
-4
391%
53
Marcel Proust
476000
-8
1717%
54
Octavio Paz
21734
4
440%
54
Emile Zola
474000
1
2202%
55
Emile Zola
21521
-5
377%
55
Niccolò Machiavelli
466600
24
3306%
56
Robert Heinlein
21289
-13
321%
56
Julio Cortázar
432000
29
3544%
57
Charlotte Bronte
21134
-5
387%
57
Charles Baudelaire
430000
12
2422%
58
Roland Barthes
21034
-12
355%
58
John Dewey
423000
-19
1344%
59
Paul Valéry
20498
-3
400%
59
André Breton
416000
21
2963%
60
Vladimir Nabokov
19702
9
480%
60
Jean Cocteau
402000
-13
1623%
61
George Sand
19165
5
448%
61
Jacques Prévert
392000
80
8197%
62
Paulo Coelho
18808
34
924%
62
Ezra Pound
372000
-11
1588%
63
José Saramago
18765
64
1598%
63
George Sand
356300
-2
1859%
64
Norman Mailer
18645
-13
320%
64
Fernando Pessoa
347000
-12
1542%
65
Martin Heidegger
18568
-4
380%
65
Truman Capote
342000
5
1952%
66
Rainer Maria Rilke
18207
-2
416%
66
Roland Barthes
333000
-8
1583%
67
Carlos Fuentes
18143
1
431%
67
Rainer Maria rilke
328000
-1
1802%
68
Harriet Beecher Stowe
17839
-5
375%
68
Camilo José cela
314000
41
4032%
69
Charles Baudelaire
17757
-2
415%
69
Soren Kierkegaard
311000
13
2336%
70
Truman Capote
17522
-8
356%
70
Washington Irving
310000
-27
1027%
71
Honoré de Balzac
16797
20
765%
71
Norman Mailer
307000
-7
1647%
72
Mario Vargas Llosa
16771
23
801%
72
André Gide
297100
5
1965%
73
Harold Pinter
16522
5
510%
73
John Updike
286000
-20
1274%
74
Dario Fo
16210
-3
422%
74
Vladimir Nabokov
277000
-14
1406%
75
Machado De Assis
16016
9
590%
75
Martin Heidegger
272000
-10
1465%
76
Stephen Crane
15535
-16
297%
76
Octavio Paz
270000
-22
1242%
77
André Gide
15122
-5
418%
77
François Rabelais
268000
24
3048%
78
Jorge Amado
14561
16
679%
78
José Ortega y gasset
251000
28
3184%
79
Niccolò Machiavelli
14114
-5
399%
79
Luigi Pirandello
240000
15
2273%
80
André Breton
14039
-5
402%
80
Eugène Ionesco
239380
20
2717%
81
Arthur Rimbaud
13383
-5
379%
81
Mario Vargas llosa
231000
-9
1377%
82
Soren Kierkegaard
13315
-17
279%
82
Arthur Rimbaud
227000
-1
1696%
83
Gabriela Mistral
13201
4
543%
83
Saul Bellow
211000
1
1608%
84
Saul Bellow
13121
-3
424%
84
Carlos Fuentes
207000
-17
1141%
85
Julio Cortázar
12191
1
471%
85
Dario Fo
205000
-11
1265%
86
Jacques Lacan
12116
-7
353%
86
Kurt Gödel
203350
37
3045%
87
Françoise Sagan
11746
77
2047%
87
R
obert Heinlein
201000
-31
944%