WRITER

Andrea Levy

1956 - 2019

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Andrea Levy (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Levy has received more than 490,068 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Andrea Levy is the 6,952nd most popular writer (down from 6,162nd in 2019), the 6,592nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,827th in 2019) and the 727th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Small island
Immigrants, Racism, Jamaicans
The story of Small Island revolves around four characters, Hortense, Gilbert, Queenie and Bernard. They are two couples, one white Queenie and Bernard and one Black, Hortense and Gilbert. The novel is narrated in the perspective of these four characters. Plot is set in England of 1948. Gilbert is a soldier in Royal force from Jamaica. He is living in a small room in the house owned by Queenie. The story starts with queenie, her perceptions and thoughts about her own life. Her husband is sent overseas during the war and hasn’t returned yet. Then the story shifts to Hortense , the lady always wanted to leave her ‘small island’ and reside in British isle as it was a ‘large’ one. She set out for England with plenty of expectations and wishes but is disappointed with her new groom and his state of living. Later the plot shifts from Gilbert to Bernard dealing with many issues of race and identity.
2004
Fruit of the lemon
Jamaica in fiction, Fiction
1999
Fruit of the Lemon
2000
The long song
Fiction, Slavery, History
2010
Every Light in the House Burnin'
Poor families, Fiction
1994
Never Far from Nowhere
Jamaicans, Fiction
1994

Page views of Andrea Levies by language

Over the past year Andrea Levy has had the most page views in the with 35,705 views, followed by German (2,105), and Italian (2,081). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kapampangan (69.19%), Arabic (44.08%), and Bulgarian (41.32%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrea Levy ranks 6,952 out of 7,302. Before her are Bethany Hamilton, Chris Morgan, Seyhan Kurt, Dave Barry, Geraldine Brooks, and Jay Asher. After her are Andy Rooney, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Kunzang Choden, Màrius Serra, Gayle Forman, and Claudia Amengual.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Andrea Levy ranks 722. Before her are Ernesto Labarthe, Salvatore Cordileone, Mukesh Rishi, Soni Razdan, Tatyana Lesovaya, and Raúl Gorriti. After her are Kathleen Beller, Albert Pobor, Zoltán Verrasztó, Tony Leon, Chris O'Neil, and Sarojini Sahoo. Among people deceased in 2019, Andrea Levy ranks 596. Before her are Lisa Martinek, Windsor Davies, Ashley Massaro, Dick Boushka, David Bellamy, and Lisa Sheridan. After her are Denise Nickerson, Nipsey Hussle, Junior Agogo, Okwui Enwezor, Josip Zovko, and Justin Raimondo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andrea Levy ranks 6,592 out of 8,785. Before her are Rob Brydon (1965), Armando Broja (2001), Dan Martin (1986), Carole Quinton (1936), Sam Totman (1980), and James Dean Bradfield (1969). After her are Matthew Stevens (1977), James Ward-Prowse (1994), Amber Rudd (1963), Callum Blue (1977), Roger Livesey (1906), and Simone Ashley (1995).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Andrea Levy ranks 727. Before her are Sara Ahmed (1969), Benjamin Jowett (1817), David Nicholls (1966), Heston Blumenthal (1966), Tom Rob Smith (1979), and Jo Walton (1964). After her are Dennis Potter (1935), Anna Burns (1962), Alice Oseman (1994), Edwin Morgan (1920), Ken MacLeod (1954), and Helen Dunmore (1952).

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