WRITER

Arnold Wesker

1932 - 2016

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Sir Arnold Wesker (24 May 1932 – 12 April 2016) was an English dramatist. He was the author of 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volumes of essays, much journalism and a book on the subject, a children's book, some poetry, and other assorted writings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnold Wesker has received more than 290,084 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Arnold Wesker is the 3,321st most popular writer (up from 3,986th in 2019), the 2,390th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,944th in 2019) and the 272nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The journalists
London Sunday Times, Sunday Times (London, England), Drama
1975
Fatlips
Magic, Magic in fiction, Fiction
1978
Chips with everything
1962
Roots
1959
The Wesker trilogy
1960
The kitchen
1961

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arnold Wesker ranks 3,321 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn Warraq, Igor Gouzenko, Ai Yazawa, Maryana Marrash, Marcellus of Ancyra, and Zofia Posmysz. After him are Robert McKee, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Shen Congwen, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Willem Frederik Hermans, and Edvard Radzinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Arnold Wesker ranks 225. Before him are Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Robert Anton Wilson, Antti Hyvärinen, Joanna Chmielewska, Enzo Mari, and Ray Cooney. After him are Henri Namphy, Per Nørgård, Siegfried Rauch, Mika Antić, Henri Nouwen, and On Kawara. Among people deceased in 2016, Arnold Wesker ranks 208. Before him are Prince Dimitri Romanov, Hannes Löhr, Ann Morgan Guilbert, David Huddleston, Michel Delpech, and Georges Cottier. After him are Vilmos Zsigmond, Pete Burns, Naná Vasconcelos, Signe Toly Anderson, Patty Duke, and Bernard Fox.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arnold Wesker ranks 2,390 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Ireton (1611), Herbert James Draper (1863), John Mahoney (1940), Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), and George Cruikshank (1792). After him are Eystein II of Norway (1125), Jude Bellingham (2003), Dora Boothby (1881), Dorian Yates (1962), Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1758), and Adam Clayton (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arnold Wesker ranks 272. Before him are Arnold Bennett (1867), Paul Johnson (1928), Frances Burney (1752), John Brunner (1934), Peter Mayle (1939), and Anna Sewell (1820). After him are David Crystal (1941), John Ford (1586), Vera Brittain (1893), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Charles Lamb (1775), and John Henry Mackay (1864).

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