The Death of the Author

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The Death of the Author

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The Death of the Author - 1967 essay by Roland Barthes. This book is the 1333rd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “The Death of the Author” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 1333rd most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “The Death of the Author”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 305 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Death of the Author is on the 1333rd place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2569 in November 2021
  • Global: #45431 in January 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #34022 in December 2021
  • Global: #46191 in November 2018

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
The Death of the Author
32.1816
2Japanese (ja)
作者の死
25.3872
3German (de)
Der Tod des Autors (Roland Barthes)
24.5474
4Polish (pl)
Śmierć autora
22.6851
5Spanish (es)
La muerte del autor (Roland Barthes)
21.9385
6Italian (it)
La morte dell'autore
21.0391
7French (fr)
La Mort de l'auteur
15.6309
8Ukrainian (uk)
Смерть автора
12.369
9Czech (cs)
Smrt autora
11.3932
10Arabic (ar)
موت المؤلف
10.1008
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "The Death of the Author" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Death of the Author
3 174 780
2Russian (ru)
Смерть автора
301 987
3German (de)
Der Tod des Autors (Roland Barthes)
164 791
4Polish (pl)
Śmierć autora
75 798
5Persian (fa)
مرگ مؤلف
74 698
6Japanese (ja)
作者の死
56 989
7French (fr)
La Mort de l'auteur
41 177
8Hebrew (he)
מות המחבר
40 761
9Arabic (ar)
موت المؤلف
26 587
10Czech (cs)
Smrt autora
20 565
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "The Death of the Author" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Death of the Author
14 826
2Russian (ru)
Смерть автора
1 764
3French (fr)
La Mort de l'auteur
1 135
4Japanese (ja)
作者の死
832
5German (de)
Der Tod des Autors (Roland Barthes)
577
6Spanish (es)
La muerte del autor (Roland Barthes)
519
7Italian (it)
La morte dell'autore
351
8Polish (pl)
Śmierć autora
307
9Persian (fa)
مرگ مؤلف
222
10Hebrew (he)
מות המחבר
132
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "The Death of the Author" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Death of the Author
123
2Persian (fa)
مرگ مؤلف
29
3Hebrew (he)
מות המחבר
25
4German (de)
Der Tod des Autors (Roland Barthes)
23
5Russian (ru)
Смерть автора
20
6Turkish (tr)
Yazarın Ölümü
14
7Italian (it)
La morte dell'autore
11
8Polish (pl)
Śmierć autora
11
9Arabic (ar)
موت المؤلف
9
10Catalan (ca)
La mort de l'autor
7
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "The Death of the Author" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Hebrew (he)
מות המחבר
1
2Arabic (ar)
موت المؤلف
0
3Catalan (ca)
La mort de l'autor
0
4Czech (cs)
Smrt autora
0
5Danish (da)
Forfatterens død
0
6German (de)
Der Tod des Autors (Roland Barthes)
0
7English (en)
The Death of the Author
0
8Spanish (es)
La muerte del autor (Roland Barthes)
0
9Persian (fa)
مرگ مؤلف
0
10French (fr)
La Mort de l'auteur
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "The Death of the Author" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
The Death of the Author
197
2Japanese (ja)
作者の死
45
3Hebrew (he)
מות המחבר
18
4Russian (ru)
Смерть автора
18
5French (fr)
La Mort de l'auteur
16
6German (de)
Der Tod des Autors (Roland Barthes)
15
7Catalan (ca)
La mort de l'autor
8
8Persian (fa)
مرگ مؤلف
8
9Polish (pl)
Śmierć autora
5
10Czech (cs)
Smrt autora
4
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
موت المؤلف
caCatalan
La mort de l'autor
csCzech
Smrt autora
daDanish
Forfatterens død
deGerman
Der Tod des Autors (Roland Barthes)
enEnglish
The Death of the Author
esSpanish
La muerte del autor (Roland Barthes)
faPersian
مرگ مؤلف
frFrench
La Mort de l'auteur
heHebrew
מות המחבר
itItalian
La morte dell'autore
jaJapanese
作者の死
msMalay
La mort de l'auteur
plPolish
Śmierć autora
ruRussian
Смерть автора
simpleSimple English
The Death of the Author
trTurkish
Yazarın Ölümü
ukUkrainian
Смерть автора

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#34022
12.2021
Global:
#46191
11.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2569
11.2021
Global:
#45431
01.2023

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Death of the Author from Wikipedia articles about Roland Barthes, The Death of The Artist, What Is an Author?, Post-structuralism and Auteur. Whereas reading the article about The Death of the Author people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Roland Barthes, Authorial intent, What Is an Author?, Structuralism and Art for art.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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