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Bessie Head

1937 - 1986

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Bessie Amelia Emery Head (6 July 1937 – 17 April 1986) was a South African writer who, though born in South Africa, is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bessie Head has received more than 262,684 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bessie Head is the 5,867th most popular writer (down from 5,116th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 150th in 2019) and the 19th most popular South African Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bessie Head ranks 5,867 out of 5,755. Before her are Humphrey Carpenter, Norman Podhoretz, Zakhar Prilepin, Michal Šanda, Caryl Churchill, and Alexei Panshin. After her are Paul Laurence Dunbar, Leyla Aliyeva, Joumana Haddad, John Seigenthaler, Graciano Rocchigiani, and Dorothy Allison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Bessie Head ranks 471. Before her are Donald Dewar, Charles Dumas, Todd Armstrong, Viktor Yakushev, Yury Sisikin, and Derek Fowlds. After her are Mario Bergara, Paul Stookey, Elinor Donahue, James Carlisle, Donnelly Rhodes, and Farooq Abdullah. Among people deceased in 1986, Bessie Head ranks 254. Before her are James Gentle, Hank Greenberg, Igor Tselovalnikov, Smita Patil, Chuck McKinley, and Anna Neagle. After her are Ted Knight, Len Bias, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jerry Paris, Martin Gabel, and Paul Frees.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Bessie Head ranks 187 out of 374. Before her are Richard Goldstone (1938), Benni McCarthy (1977), Desiré Wilson (1953), Lawrence Stevens (1913), Clarence Walker (1898), and Athol Fugard (1932). After her are Neville Lederle (1938), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Lillian Board (1948), Ernie Pieterse (1938), Steven Pienaar (1982), and Luki Botha (1930).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Bessie Head ranks 19. Before her are Elisabeth Eybers (1915), Elsa Joubert (1922), Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Antjie Krog (1952), and Athol Fugard (1932). After her are Damon Galgut (1963), Fatima Meer (1928), and Lauren Beukes (1976).

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