WRITER

Denise Levertov

1923 - 1997

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Priscilla Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets and by the political context of the Vietnam War, which she explored in her poetry book The Freeing of the Dust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denise Levertov has received more than 271,771 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Denise Levertov is the 6,064th most popular writer (down from 5,812th in 2019), the 4,960th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,162nd in 2019) and the 554th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

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  • 43.58

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

With eyes at the back of our heads
1958
Sorrow Dance, The
Poesia Norte Americana, English poetry
1966
The Jacob's ladder
American poetry
1961
The United States in Literature
memory plays, autobiographical drama, Family
Contains: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863232W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin ... - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
Tesserae
American Poets, Biography, Poets, American
1995
Penguin Modern Poets
1962

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denise Levertov ranks 6,064 out of 7,302. Before her are John Braine, Henry Lawson, Gerhard Roth, Franz von Dingelstedt, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and Charles Brackett. After her are John Perry Barlow, Vittorio Arrigoni, Artur Adson, Emine Semiye Önasya, David Simon, and Peter Matthiessen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Denise Levertov ranks 437. Before her are Robert Craft, Augusto Magli, Ted Stevens, Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Basil Hume, and Noël Vandernotte. After her are Boris Sagal, Alice von Hildebrand, Bonita Granville, Dannie Abse, Sam Rivers, and Slim Whitman. Among people deceased in 1997, Denise Levertov ranks 286. Before her are LaVern Baker, Spartaco Bandinelli, Basri Dirimlili, Jean Louis, Ronald Pope, and Guillermo Díaz. After her are Owen Barfield, Sidney Darlington, Guido Vincenzi, Magda Gabor, Mikhail Anikushin, and Santiago Benítez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Denise Levertov ranks 4,960 out of 8,785. Before her are Frank Bruno (1961), Bob Crompton (1879), Tommy Flowers (1905), Sheila Lerwill (1928), David Bedford (1937), and James Cleverly (1969). After her are Harry Ricardo (1885), Peter Geach (1916), Sarah Gilbert (1962), Ralph McTell (1944), Tanya Tate (1979), and Nicky Butt (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Denise Levertov ranks 554. Before her are Anne Fine (1947), Izaak Walton (1593), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), and John Braine (1922). After her are Thomas Traherne (1636), Hammond Innes (1913), Chris Claremont (1950), Zadie Smith (1975), Margaret Drabble (1939), and Coventry Patmore (1823).

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