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Douglas Coupland

1961 - Today

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Douglas Coupland (born 30 December 1961) is a Canadian novelist, designer and visual artist. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized the terms Generation X and McJob. He has published 13 novels, two collections of short stories, seven non-fiction books and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. He is a columnist for the Financial Times, as well as a frequent contributor to The New York Times, e-flux journal, DIS Magazine, and Vice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Douglas Coupland is the 5,947th most popular writer (down from 5,586th in 2024), the 5,377th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,057th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Douglas Coupland ranks 5,947 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques de Lacretelle, Raúl Rivero, Pavao Pavličić, Bill Bright, Tanith Lee, and Antoine Blondin. After him are Liam O'Flaherty, Naomi Wolf, Judy Blume, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Phil Donahue, and Iris Chang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Douglas Coupland ranks 412. Before him are Guru, Vladimir Pashkov, Ray Mercer, Corrado Fabi, Violeta Urmana, and Mahamat Saleh Haroun. After him are Iñigo Urkullu, Michael Winterbottom, Katrin Cartlidge, Malu Dreyer, Abigail Johnson, and Rob Stewart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Douglas Coupland ranks 5,380 out of 7,253. Before him are Uwe Ochsenknecht (1956), Dieter Riedel (1947), Olaf Ludwig (1960), Lars Klingbeil (1978), Harald Hein (1950), and Leopold Löwenheim (1878). After him are Günther Schumacher (1949), Tim Wiese (1981), Paul Steiner (1957), Dolly Haas (1910), Sven Ulreich (1988), and Uli Kusch (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Douglas Coupland ranks 343. Before him are Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Curt Siodmak (1902), Stefan Andres (1906), Daniel Kehlmann (1975), Walter Moers (1957), and Brigitte Kronauer (1940). After him are Monika Maron (1941), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Gert Hofmann (1931), Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), Ralph Giordano (1923), and Ralf König (1960).

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