WRITER

David Almond

1951 - Today

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David Almond (born 15 May 1951) is a British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim. He is one of thirty children's writers, and one of three from the UK, to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award. For the 70th anniversary of the British Carnegie Medal in 2007, his debut novel Skellig (1998) was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Almond has received more than 255,458 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Almond is the 4,234th most popular writer (down from 3,983rd in 2019), the 3,031st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,942nd in 2019) and the 339th most popular British Writer.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Almond ranks 4,234 out of 7,302. Before him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Albert Ehrenstein, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Francesco Mario Pagano, Konrad Pellikan, and Erica Jong. After him are Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Annemarie Selinko, Panas Myrny, Mascha Kaléko, Žemaitė, and Josephine Diebitsch Peary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, David Almond ranks 288. Before him are Marco Antônio, Dragan Pantelić, John Mellencamp, Enda Kenny, Charlaine Harris, and Luther Vandross. After him are Bill Bryson, Bob Gale, Domitien Ndayizeye, Carl Lumbly, Edgardo Codesal, and Fyodor Konyukhov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Almond ranks 3,031 out of 8,785. Before him are Donald Watson (1910), John Lilburne (1614), Allan Ramsay (1713), Jerome Flynn (1963), Billie Whitelaw (1932), and Fred Pentland (1883). After him are Martin McDonagh (1970), Stephen Wolfram (1959), Anthony Harvey (1930), John Keegan (1934), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), and Naveen Andrews (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Almond ranks 339. Before him are John Christopher (1922), Susanna Hall (1583), Sue Townsend (1946), William Langland (1332), John Winthrop (1588), and Walter Map (1140). After him are Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Anthony Hope (1863), Richard Pococke (1704), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), and John Stott (1921).

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