WRITER

Barbara Pym

1913 - 1980

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Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (2 June 1913 – 11 January 1980) was an English novelist. In the 1950s she published a series of social comedies, of which the best known are Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958). In 1977 her career was revived when the critic Lord David Cecil and the poet Philip Larkin both nominated her as the most underrated writer of the century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Pym has received more than 442,047 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Barbara Pym is the 6,242nd most popular writer (down from 5,069th in 2019), the 5,273rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,971st in 2019) and the 596th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Barbara Pym ranks 6,242 out of 7,302. Before her are Linda Maria Baros, Gyrðir Elíasson, Thomas Hughes, Ronald Firbank, Dan Abnett, and William Empson. After her are Stig Claesson, Helen Bannerman, Alfred Domett, Thomas Heywood, Swami Rama, and Andrew Vachss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Barbara Pym ranks 384. Before her are Ed Czerkiewicz, Fritz Fromm, Bill Thompson, Heinrich Keimig, Harry Voigt, and Noah Beery Jr.. After her are Eleanor Holm, Odd Frantzen, Jack Fairman, Julie Gibson, Roger Laurent, and Norman Dello Joio. Among people deceased in 1980, Barbara Pym ranks 284. Before her are Shohachi Ishii, Gumercindo Gómez, Rachel Fuller Brown, Pietro Genovesi, Tryggve Gran, and Marion Zinderstein. After her are Lillian Randolph, Elliott Nugent, Barney Bigard, Lucy Morton, Carmel Myers, and George Tobias.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Pym ranks 5,273 out of 8,785. Before her are Maurice Norman (1934), Donald Burgess (1933), Calvert Vaux (1824), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Donald Dewar (1937), and George Goulding (1884). After her are Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993), Nigel Short (1965), Helen Bannerman (1862), Fiona May (1969), and Alfred Domett (1811).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barbara Pym ranks 596. Before her are Mary Lamb (1764), Max Hastings (1945), Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), and William Empson (1906). After her are Helen Bannerman (1862), Alfred Domett (1811), Thomas Heywood (1574), R. C. Sherriff (1896), Dorothy Richardson (1873), and Derek Taylor (1932).

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