WRITER

David Malouf

1934 - Today

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David George Joseph Malouf (mah-LOOF; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Malouf has received more than 319,440 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Malouf is the 6,433rd most popular writer (down from 5,980th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Australia (down from 385th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

An imaginary life
Poets, Fiction in English, Exiles
1978
Fly away Peter
World War, 1914-1918, Australians, Fiction
1982
12 Edmondstone Street
Biography, Australian Authors
1985
The great world
Australians, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction
1990
Remembering Babylon
Aboriginal Australians, Australian aborigines, Fiction
1993
Johnno
Fiction, Suicide victims, Suburban life
1975

Page views of David Maloufs by language

Over the past year David Malouf has had the most page views in the with 35,113 views, followed by French (1,441), and Spanish (1,325). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (97.37%), Basque (83.94%), and Southern Azerbaijani (37.24%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Malouf ranks 6,433 out of 7,302. Before him are Kate Mosse, Guzel Yakhina, Gilles Leroy, James Bowen, Daniel Handler, and Dorji Wangmo. After him are Helen Gurley Brown, Leyla Aliyeva, Michel Faber, J. P. Donleavy, John Ralston Saul, and Joel Barlow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, David Malouf ranks 541. Before him are Engelbert Kraus, José María Maguregui, Noel Harrison, Mary Carter Reitano, Shirley Scott, and Eddie Harris. After him are Tom Bridger, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Désiré Rakotoarijaona, Gert Blomé, Charley Pride, and Lars-Eric Lundvall.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, David Malouf ranks 407 out of 1,143. Before him are Dunc Gray (1906), Virgil Donati (1958), Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896), Sylvia Lance Harper (1895), Russell Mockridge (1928), and Adam Garcia (1973). After him are Peter Hollingworth (1935), Rohan Dennis (1990), John Davies (1929), Bill Bowrey (1943), Oscar Piastri (2001), and Michael Wenden (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, David Malouf ranks 25. Before him are Patricia Wrightson (1921), Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), Markus Zusak (1975), Henry Lawson (1867), Robert Hughes (1938), and Kate Morton (1976). After him are DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), Les Murray (1938), Liane Moriarty (1966), Miles Franklin (1879), and Donna Williams (1963).

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