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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 394,175 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Barbara Pym is the 5,086th most popular writer (down from 4,950th in 2019), the 3,979th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,148th in 2019) and the 447th most popular British Writer.

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  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Barbara Pym ranks 5,086 out of 5,755. Before her are Jacques Jasmin, Wafa Sultan, Milan Rúfus, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Julia Hartwig, and Susanna Clarke. After her are Šatrijos Ragana, Princess Delphine of Belgium, Richard Llewellyn, Ferenc Móra, Franz Xaver Kroetz, and Trudi Canavan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Barbara Pym ranks 271. Before her are Fred Agabashian, Guillermo Haro, Betty Field, Hilda Gobbi, Walter Winterbottom, and Ulderico Sergo. After her are Ólafur Jóhannesson, Armand Lanoux, Imre Harangi, Marco Cimatti, Bernard Lovell, and Amado Azar. Among people deceased in 1980, Barbara Pym ranks 222. Before her are Vicente de la Mata, László Szollás, Tryggve Gran, Keijo Liinamaa, Nelson López, and Jóhann Hafstein. After her are Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Ragnar Gustavsson, Félix Welkenhuysen, Larry Williams, Carlo Annovazzi, and Max Miedinger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Pym ranks 3,979 out of 7,765. Before her are Mischa Barton (1986), Jim Kerr (1959), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Susanna Clarke (1959), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), and Eric Brook (1907). After her are Nick Frost (1972), Walter Burley (1275), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), Naomi Scott (1993), Gary Daniels (1963), and Richard Llewellyn (1906).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barbara Pym ranks 447. Before her are Wilbert Awdry (1911), Charles Wilkins (1749), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Pauline Baynes (1922), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), and Susanna Clarke (1959). After her are Richard Llewellyn (1906), Richard K. Morgan (1965), Susan Blackmore (1951), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Michael Frayn (1933), and Alan Woods (1944).

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