WRITER

Christopher Hampton

1946 - Today

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Sir Christopher James Hampton (Horta, Azores, 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation. He has thrice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: for Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Atonement (2007) and The Father (2020); winning for the former and latter.Hampton is also known for his work in the theatre including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Philanthropist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Hampton has received more than 384,268 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Christopher Hampton is the 3,593rd most popular writer (down from 3,521st in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 254th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Portuguese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Treats
1976
Sunset Boulevard
Librettos, Musicals, Lyrics
1993
George Steiner's The portage to San Cristobal of A.H
1983
Total eclipse
Drama, English drama
1969
When did you last see my mother?
English drama
1967
Savages
1974

Page views of Christopher Hamptons by language

Over the past year Christopher Hampton has had the most page views in the with 42,279 views, followed by French (4,542), and Russian (4,183). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (167.95%), Malagasy (140.49%), and Belarusian (81.08%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christopher Hampton ranks 3,593 out of 7,302. Before him are I. A. Richards, Aphthonius of Antioch, Paavo Haavikko, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Georgi Pulevski, and António Ferreira. After him are Mazo de la Roche, Thorkild Hansen, Alfréd Wetzler, Teofilo Folengo, David Bergelson, and Mikhail Isakovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Christopher Hampton ranks 348. Before him are Emilio de Villota, Debbi Wilkes, Dieter Herzog, Barry Hulshoff, Carmine Appice, and Óscar Berger. After him are Dan O'Bannon, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Joel Camargo, Paul Alexander, Milena Canonero, and Joseph Sifakis.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Christopher Hampton ranks 270 out of 633. Before him are Simão Rodrigues (1510), João do Canto e Castro (1862), John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Jorge de Montemor (1520), and António Ferreira (1528). After him are Bruno Alves (1981), Pedro Teixeira (1585), Maniche (1977), Antero de Quental (1842), Bernardo Silva (1994), and Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Christopher Hampton ranks 24. Before him are Duarte Barbosa (1480), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Jorge de Montemor (1520), and António Ferreira (1528). After him are Antero de Quental (1842), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Florbela Espanca (1894), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), and Manuel Alegre (1936).

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