WRITER

Annie M. G. Schmidt

1911 - 1995

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Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt (20 May 1911 – 21 May 1995) was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered one of the greatest Dutch writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Annie M. G. Schmidt has received more than 128,087 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Annie M. G. Schmidt is the 2,503rd most popular writer (down from 2,173rd in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Minnie
Cats, Fiction, Reporters and reporting
1992
Altijd acht gebleven
Books and reading, Children's literature, Dutch, History and criticism
1991
1992
The cat who came in off the roof
Reporters and reporting, Juvenile fiction, Cats
Minou, formerly a cat but now a woman with many cattish ways, helps Tibbs, a newspaper reporter, with information she gets from her many feline friends.
2016
Miaou
Chats, Journalists, Juvenile fiction
2004
Pink lemonade
Children's poetry, Dutch, Translations into English, Dutch poetry
1981

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Annie M. G. Schmidt ranks 2,503 out of 7,302. Before her are Antigonus of Carystus, Maria Gripe, Giovanni de' Bardi, Carlos Marighella, Balthasar Russow, and Herman Gorter. After her are Alice B. Toklas, Gustave Aimard, Bulleh Shah, René Crevel, Theodore Prodromos, and Xu Zhimo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Annie M. G. Schmidt ranks 119. Before her are Leah Goldberg, Koçi Xoxe, Otto Baum, Joseph Luns, Barbara West, and Carlos Marighella. After her are Mark Bernes, Joseph Alcazar, Mikhail Yangel, Peter van Eyck, Mstislav Keldysh, and Tilly Fleischer. Among people deceased in 1995, Annie M. G. Schmidt ranks 110. Before her are Bobby Riggs, Adolfo Pedernera, André Frossard, Masashi Watanabe, Fred West, and J. Presper Eckert. After her are Erik Nilsson, Matti Pellonpää, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Vladimír Dzurilla, Viktoria Brezhneva, and Albert W. Tucker.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Annie M. G. Schmidt ranks 407 out of 1,646. Before her are Paulus Moreelse (1571), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Pim Verbeek (1956), Hakim Ziyech (1993), and Herman Gorter (1864). After her are Philip de Koninck (1619), Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635), Roche Braziliano (1630), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), and Ronald de Boer (1970).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Annie M. G. Schmidt ranks 14. Before her are Dick Bruna (1927), Constantijn Huygens (1596), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Jacob Cats (1577), Aagje Deken (1741), and Herman Gorter (1864). After her are Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Jan Luyken (1649), Macropedius (1487), and Louis Couperus (1863).

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