WRITER

Caryl Churchill

1938 - Today

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Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes. Celebrated for works such as Cloud 9 (1979), Top Girls (1982), Serious Money (1987), Blue Heart (1997), Far Away (2000), and A Number (2002), she has been described as "one of Britain's greatest poets and innovators for the contemporary stage". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caryl Churchill has received more than 628,780 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Caryl Churchill is the 6,301st most popular writer (down from 5,843rd in 2019), the 5,389th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,225th in 2019) and the 611th most popular British Writer.

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  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Caryl Churchill ranks 6,301 out of 7,302. Before her are Paul Klebnikov, Delfina Bunge, Lascelles Abercrombie, Colleen Hoover, Sjón, and Iskandar Khatloni. After her are Lynne Cox, Kate Morton, Joanna Baillie, Wayne C. Booth, Frances Harper, and John Toll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Caryl Churchill ranks 562. Before her are Mary Jo Catlett, Johnny Tillotson, Ryszard Parulski, Kathy Kirby, Angus MacLise, and Dietrich Stobbe. After her are David Singmaster, Jean Taillandier, Johnny Rebel, Wilson Kiprugut, Lagumot Harris, and Yevgeni Mayorov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Caryl Churchill ranks 5,389 out of 8,785. Before her are Steve-O (1974), Carmen Ejogo (1973), Malcolm Allison (1927), Nick Griffin (1959), George Hutson (1889), and Charlie Buchan (1891). After her are Edwin Montagu (1879), Steve Sumner (1955), Tom Watson (1859), Max Minghella (1985), Kenneth Williams (1926), and John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Caryl Churchill ranks 611. Before her are Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Caroline Norton (1808), Charlotte Smith (1749), Polly Samson (1962), Naomi Mitchison (1897), and Lascelles Abercrombie (1881). After her are Joanna Baillie (1762), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Brian Moore (1921), Alastair Reynolds (1966), Dick King-Smith (1922), and Thomas Warton (1728).

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