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David Storey

1933 - 2017

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David Malcolm Storey (13 July 1933 – 27 March 2017) was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel Saville. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Storey has received more than 225,972 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). David Storey is the 5,442nd most popular writer (down from 4,877th in 2019), the 4,451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,997th in 2019) and the 499th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Storey ranks 5,442 out of 5,755. Before her are Kristin Hannah, Jun Maeda, Sam Houser, John Jakes, Kenneth Burke, and Albert Sánchez Piñol. After her are Pentti Haanpää, Nikolai Pogodin, Jean Dutourd, Åsne Seierstad, Giuseppe Berto, and Armistead Maupin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, David Storey ranks 410. Before her are Kathryn Crosby, Allen J. Bard, Joe Orton, Ira Murchison, Ford Konno, and Henry Hartsfield. After her are Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Vincenzo Consolo, Per Wästberg, Ann Richards, Jackie Blanchflower, and István Gaál. Among people deceased in 2017, David Storey ranks 440. Before her are James Cotton, Yaakov Neeman, Alain Jessua, Bobby Heenan, Rose Marie, and Dieter Kottysch. After her are Molly Peters, William H. Keeler, Ivar Aronsson, Don Gordon, Valery Bolotov, and Rosa Taikon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Storey ranks 4,451 out of 7,765. Before her are Mark Catesby (1683), Steve McClaren (1961), Tommy Lawton (1919), Gilbert White (1720), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), and Mary Adela Blagg (1858). After her are C. H. Dodd (1884), Molly Peters (1942), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Gerry Hitchens (1934), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), and John Wilbye (1574).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Storey ranks 499. Before her are Joe Orton (1933), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), Pat Barker (1943), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Margaret Drabble (1939), and Sam Houser (1972). After her are Alex Garland (1970), Ali Smith (1962), Alasdair Gray (1934), Terence Rattigan (1911), Howard Jacobson (1942), and Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823).

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