WRITER

Can Xue

1953 - Today

Can Xue

Deng Xiaohua (Chinese: 邓小华; pinyin: Dèng Xiǎohuá, [tə̂ŋ ɕjàʊxwǎ]; born May 30, 1953), better known by her pen name Can Xue (Chinese: 残雪; pinyin: Cán Xuě, [tsʰǎn ɕuɤ̀]; lit: 'lingering snow'), is a Chinese avant-garde fiction writer and literary critic. Her family was severely persecuted following her father being labeled a rightist in the Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957. Her writing, which consists mostly of short fiction, breaks with the realism of earlier modern Chinese writers. She has also written novels, novellas, and literary criticism of Dante, Jorge Luis Borges, and Franz Kafka. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Can Xue is the 3,090th most popular writer (up from 4,547th in 2019), the 724th most popular biography from China (up from 884th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Can Xue ranks 3,090 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles Pinot Duclos, Elmore Leonard, Samuel Smiles, Antoninus Liberalis, Dodie Smith, and Victoria Benedictsson. After her are Breyten Breytenbach, Howard Fast, Alexey Troitsky, John Edward Williams, Laza Kostić, and Johann Heinrich Voss.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Charles Pinot Duclos
1704 - 1772
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 3,084
Elmore Leonard
1925 - 2013
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 3,085
Samuel Smiles
1812 - 1904
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 3,086
Antoninus Liberalis
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 3,087
Dodie Smith
1896 - 1990
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 3,088
Victoria Benedictsson
1850 - 1888
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 3,089
Can Xue
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 3,090
Breyten Breytenbach
1939 - 2024
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 3,091
Howard Fast
1914 - 2003
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 3,092
Alexey Troitsky
1866 - 1942
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 3,093
John Edward Williams
1922 - 1994
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 3,094
Laza Kostić
1841 - 1910
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 3,095
Johann Heinrich Voss
1751 - 1826
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 3,096

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Can Xue ranks 180. Before her are Gali Atari, Andreas Vollenweider, Gérard Krawczyk, Norman Finkelstein, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, and Wim Mertens. After her are Lawrence Gonzi, Slavoljub Muslin, Åge Hareide, Lesley Nicol, Midge Ure, and Mitsuo Watanabe.

Others Born in 1953

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Gali Atari
SINGER
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 174
Andreas Vollenweider
SINGER
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 175
Gérard Krawczyk
FILM DIRECTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 176
Norman Finkelstein
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 177
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 178
Wim Mertens
COMPOSER
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 179
Can Xue
WRITER
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 180
Lawrence Gonzi
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 181
Slavoljub Muslin
COACH
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 182
Åge Hareide
COACH
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 183
Lesley Nicol
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 184
Midge Ure
SINGER
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 185
Mitsuo Watanabe
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 186