WRITER

Dodie Smith

1896 - 1990

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Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear Octopus (1938) and The Starlight Barking (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dodie Smith has received more than 699,625 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dodie Smith is the 2,913th most popular writer (up from 3,031st in 2019), the 2,141st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,261st in 2019) and the 240th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

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  • 53.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Motion Pictures, Juvenile Fiction, Dalmatian dog
Pongo the Dalmatian and his wife Missis undertake a daring expedition to rescue their fifteen puppies from the clutches of the vicious Cruella de Vil.
1956
Autumn crocus
1931
The starlight barking
Dalmatian dog, Extrasensory perception, Fiction
1967
I capture the castle
Fiction, Castles
1948
101 Dalmatians
Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Dogs
The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the robbery of the titular family of 101 Dalmatian dogs. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the first novel. At a dinner party attended by the Dearly couple, Cruella de Vil expresses her dislike for animals; subsequently, the couple's new Dalmatian puppies disappear. The Dearly dogs are now among 97 puppies who were kidnapped or legally purchased from various owners, with the intention of skinning them for their fur. Through the co-operation of animals and the "Twilight Bark", the dogs are found in Suffolk, England, and a rescue ensues.
1957
Dear octopus
1938

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dodie Smith ranks 2,913 out of 7,302. Before her are Nazik Al-Malaika, Joseph Görres, Alfred Kerr, Daniel Varoujan, Anselm Grün, and Heinrich von Veldeke. After her are Jorge Guillén, Armand Salacrou, Jean-François Revel, Tony Robbins, Jack Higgins, and Tomaž Šalamun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Dodie Smith ranks 130. Before her are Raymond Massey, Johannes Kleiman, Besse Cooper, Josephine Tey, Ramón Franco, and Jacques Duclos. After her are Ieronim Uborevich, Josef Kammhuber, Philip Showalter Hench, Stanisława Leszczyńska, Maurice De Waele, and Prince Sigismund of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1990, Dodie Smith ranks 119. Before her are Peter Wessel Zapffe, Andrei Kirilenko, Anne Revere, Grethe Ingmann, John Hansen, and Venedikt Yerofeyev. After her are Feng Youlan, Michael Powell, Zhang Qun, Aldo Fabrizi, Paul Ariste, and Otto Ambros.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dodie Smith ranks 2,141 out of 8,785. Before her are Lady Katherine Grey (1540), Marie Stopes (1880), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), Patrick Magee (1922), Nigel Hawthorne (1929), and Ian Dury (1942). After her are Rick Astley (1966), Kevin McNally (1956), Charlie Hunnam (1980), Ken McArthur (1881), Geraldine James (1950), and Jack Higgins (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dodie Smith ranks 240. Before her are Joseph Delaney (1945), Irvine Welsh (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Michael Bond (1926), John Fletcher (1579), and Walter Pater (1839). After her are Jack Higgins (1929), David Gemmell (1948), Charles Kingsley (1819), Thomas Otway (1652), Angela Carter (1940), and Robert Burton (1577).

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