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Angela Carter

1940 - 1992

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Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angela Carter has received more than 1,187,723 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Angela Carter is the 2,725th most popular writer (down from 2,440th in 2019), the 2,070th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,844th in 2019) and the 234th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Angela Carter ranks 2,725 out of 5,755. Before her are Max Beerbohm, Tomas Venclova, Brian Herbert, Matthias Claudius, Ibn Manzur, and Itzhak Katzenelson. After her are Venedikt Yerofeyev, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Syd Field, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Richard Bandler, and Pierre Benoit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Angela Carter ranks 199. Before her are Fouad Twal, Hanako, Princess Hitachi, Just Jaeckin, Agostino Vallini, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Graham McRae. After her are Marie-José Nat, Gloria Leonard, Louis Pilot, Charles Robert Jenkins, Don Nelson, and Sharad Pawar. Among people deceased in 1992, Angela Carter ranks 113. Before her are Seichō Matsumoto, Chris McCandless, Dana Andrews, Abbas al-Musawi, Walter Andreas Schwarz, and Frederick William Franz. After her are John Ireland, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Machiko Hasegawa, František Tomášek, László Benedek, and Hal Roach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Angela Carter ranks 2,070 out of 7,765. Before her are Robert Burton (1577), Robert Donat (1905), Max Beerbohm (1872), Julian Lennon (1963), Chris Squire (1948), and Barbara Hepworth (1903). After her are William Hudson (1730), Peter Crouch (1981), Samuel Smiles (1812), Anna Sewell (1820), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), and Æthelfrith (600).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Angela Carter ranks 234. Before her are Joseph Delaney (1945), Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Arnold Bennett (1867), Robert Burton (1577), and Max Beerbohm (1872). After her are Samuel Smiles (1812), Anna Sewell (1820), John Wyndham (1903), David Gemmell (1948), Walter Pater (1839), and Ouida (1839).

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