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Arthur Waley

1889 - 1966

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Arthur David Waley (born Arthur David Schloss, 19 August 1889 – 27 June 1966) was an English orientalist and sinologist who achieved both popular and scholarly acclaim for his translations of Chinese and Japanese poetry. Among his honours were appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1952, receiving the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1953, and being invested as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1956.Although highly learned, Waley avoided academic posts and most often wrote for a general audience. He chose not to be a specialist but to translate a wide and personal range of classical literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Waley has received more than 228,562 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Arthur Waley is the 3,874th most popular writer (down from 3,749th in 2019), the 2,786th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,743rd in 2019) and the 315th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Three ways of thought in ancient China
Chinese Philosophy, Chinese filosofie, Philosophie chinoise
1939
The Opium War through Chinese eyes
China Opium War, 1840-1842, History
1958
A hundred and seventy Chinese poems
Chinese poetry, Translations into English, English poetry
1918
Translations from the Chinese
Chinese poetry, Translations into English, Translations from Chinese
1941
The No plays of Japan
No plays, Translations into English, Japanese drama
1921
Chinese poems
Translations from Chinese, Chinese poetry, Translations into English
1946

Page views of Arthur Waleys by language

Over the past year Arthur Waley has had the most page views in the with 28,022 views, followed by Japanese (11,656), and Chinese (3,381). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (144.24%), Azerbaijani (70.44%), and Egyptian Arabic (48.48%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arthur Waley ranks 3,874 out of 7,302. Before him are Margaret Weis, Fleur Jaeggy, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Teresa de Lauretis, Shushanik Kurghinian, and Nikolay Novikov. After him are Maria Deraismes, William Congreve, Laurens van der Post, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Karoline von Günderrode, and Francis Davis Millet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Arthur Waley ranks 175. Before him are Recep Peker, Alfonso Reyes, Amrit Kaur, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Jean-Baptiste Janssens, and Gottfried Fuchs. After him are Zofia Zamenhof, Ostap Vyshnya, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Grigory Levenfish, Hans Felber, and Sewall Wright. Among people deceased in 1966, Arthur Waley ranks 134. Before him are Eva Justin, Alfred Berger, Erwin Komenda, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, and John Taylor. After him are Albert Renger-Patzsch, Vladimir Veksler, Reino Ragnar Lehto, Clifton Webb, Ed Wynn, and Yuri Shaporin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Waley ranks 2,786 out of 8,785. Before him are Spencer Gore (1850), Edward Braddock (1695), John Taylor (1933), Mother Shipton (1488), Mary Ure (1933), and Laura Ashley (1925). After him are William Congreve (1670), James Paget (1814), Chris Waddle (1960), Caroline Goodall (1959), John Hick (1922), and Maurice Dobb (1900).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Waley ranks 315. Before him are Richard Hammond (1969), Francis Beaumont (1584), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Minette Walters (1949), and William Hazlitt (1778). After him are William Congreve (1670), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Nevil Shute (1899), James Allen (1864), Joan Aiken (1924), and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647).

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