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A. S. Byatt

1936 - 2023

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (née Drabble; 24 August 1936 – 16 November 2023), known professionally by her former married name, A. S. Byatt ( BY-ət), was an English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages. After attending the University of Cambridge, she married in 1959 and moved to Durham. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. S. Byatt has received more than 878,002 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). A. S. Byatt is the 2,447th most popular writer (up from 2,818th in 2019), the 1,878th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,132nd in 2019) and the 213th most popular British Writer.

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  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, A. S. Byatt ranks 2,447 out of 5,755. Before her are John Cleland, John Fletcher, Peter of Dusburg, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Carmen Laforet, and Immanuel Velikovsky. After her are Champfleury, Jovan Dučić, Tadeusz Różewicz, Han Suyin, Terry Eagleton, and Barbara von Krüdener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, A. S. Byatt ranks 175. Before her are Adolfo Nicolás, Slava Metreveli, William Levada, Joaquín Peiró, Art Metrano, and Dacia Maraini. After her are Im Kwon-taek, Santos Abril y Castelló, Walter Lewin, Walter Koenig, Polina Astakhova, and Šaban Bajramović. Among people deceased in 2023, A. S. Byatt ranks 115. Before her are Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Jim Hines, Ben Ferencz, Concha Velasco, Gaston Glock, and Yuri Temirkanov. After her are Lubomír Štrougal, Howard S. Becker, Hans Albert, Roberto Dinamite, Adolf Scherer, and Andrés García.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. S. Byatt ranks 1,878 out of 7,765. Before her are John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Eileen Atkins (1934), John Fletcher (1579), David Knopfler (1952), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), and David Cox (1924). After her are Terry Eagleton (1943), Tim Hunt (1943), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Leo G. Carroll (1886), Mark Hollis (1955), and Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, A. S. Byatt ranks 213. Before her are George Meredith (1828), Jojo Moyes (1969), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Tom Sharpe (1928), John Cleland (1709), and John Fletcher (1579). After her are Terry Eagleton (1943), Renée Vivien (1877), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Philip Kerr (1956), E. Nesbit (1858), and Edith Pargeter (1913).

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