WRITER

Dannie Abse

1923 - 2014

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Daniel Abse CBE FRSL (22 September 1923 – 28 September 2014) was a Welsh poet and physician. His poetry won him many awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dannie Abse has received more than 87,668 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dannie Abse is the 6,125th most popular writer (down from 5,825th in 2019), the 5,066th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,186th in 2019) and the 570th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poetry Dimension Annual
Pictorial works, Poetry, periodicals, English poetry (collections), 20th century
1974
Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve (Library of Wales)
Jewish families, Fiction, Jews
1969
Literature for man's sake
History and criticism, Literature, Modern, Modern Literature
1955
The Presence
English Poets, Marriage, Diaries
2007
Voices in the gallery
Painting, Poetry, Art
1986
The Oxford Book of Death
Death, Quotations, maxims, Literary collections
1983

Page views of Dannie Abses by language

Over the past year Dannie Abse has had the most page views in the with 10,827 views, followed by Spanish (2,522), and Chinese (1,471). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (119.05%), Spanish (85.58%), and Azerbaijani (75.62%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dannie Abse ranks 6,125 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth F. Ellet, Kathryn Stockett, Rolf Jacobsen, Louis Sachar, Michael Lewis, and Darren Shan. After him are Vincenzo Cardarelli, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Victoria Amelina, Éva Janikovszky, Aleksandr Volodin, and Ann Cleeves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Dannie Abse ranks 441. Before him are Basil Hume, Noël Vandernotte, Denise Levertov, Boris Sagal, Alice von Hildebrand, and Bonita Granville. After him are Sam Rivers, Slim Whitman, Bjørn Paulson, Alice Ghostley, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, and Herman Chernoff. Among people deceased in 2014, Dannie Abse ranks 467. Before him are Jacques Friedel, Iñaki Azkuna, Dominique Baudis, Fyodor Cherenkov, Antonio Rada, and Tony Settember. After him are Imre Gedővári, Marcia Strassman, Patrice Wymore, Edmund Bruggmann, Sitara Devi, and Don Keefer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dannie Abse ranks 5,066 out of 8,785. Before him are John Garstang (1876), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard Tandy (1948), Albert Oldman (1883), George Butterworth (1885), and Darren Shan (1972). After him are Sybil Thorndike (1882), Noni Madueke (2002), Danny Kirwan (1950), Benjamin Wilson (1721), David Abulafia (1949), and Alex James (1901).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dannie Abse ranks 570. Before him are George Grove (1820), Ian McDonald (1960), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Roma Ryan (1950), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), and Darren Shan (1972). After him are Ann Cleeves (1954), Reginald Hill (1936), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), J. G. Farrell (1935), John Addington Symonds (1840), and E. W. Hornung (1866).

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