WRITER

Donna Williams

1963 - 2017

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Donna Leanne Williams, also known by her married name Donna Leanne Samuel and as Polly Samuel (born Donna Keene; 12 October 1963 – 22 April 2017), was an Australian writer, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and sculptor. In 1965, aged two, Williams was assessed as "psychotic". During the rest of her childhood, she was tested multiple times for deafness and labelled as "disturbed". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donna Williams has received more than 166,163 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Donna Williams is the 6,857th most popular writer (down from 6,037th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from Australia (down from 397th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

When Dreams Don't Work
1998
Immersion education
Study and teaching, Immersion method (Language teaching), Language and languages
2011
Somebody somewhere
Autism, Autisme, Biographies
1994
Hardscrabble
Land settlement, Land grants, Agriculture, canada
2013
50 Events That Shaped American Indian History [2 volumes]
Indians of north america, history, United states, ethnic relations, Indians of North America
2016
Nobody Nowhere
Biography, Autism, Patients
1992

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donna Williams ranks 6,857 out of 7,302. Before her are Roberto Orci, Ingrid Klimke, Toru Dutt, Ernest Cline, James T. Farrell, and Eliezer Yudkowsky. After her are David X. Cohen, Emanuel Pastreich, Krishna Hutheesing, Leila Aboulela, William Joyce, and Christopher Smart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Donna Williams ranks 750. Before her are Jordi Villacampa, Lassina Zerbo, Mimoza Ahmeti, Nigel Winterburn, Beverley Craven, and Dan Povenmire. After her are Bernardo Redín, Neil LaBute, Ines Geissler, Silvio Martinello, Sonia Pierre, and Monica Frassoni. Among people deceased in 2017, Donna Williams ranks 638. Before her are Bharati Mukherjee, Dick Gregory, Barbara Cook, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Cristina Adela Foișor, and Frank Spellman. After her are Lorna Gray, Brent Briscoe, Ivan Stoyanov, Willie Toweel, Ann Wedgeworth, and Jay Thomas.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Donna Williams ranks 525 out of 1,143. Before her are Steve Keen (1953), Stuart O'Grady (1973), Josip Skoko (1975), Dacre Montgomery (1994), Kodi Smit-McPhee (1996), and Milly Alcock (2000). After her are Belinda Snell (1981), Malcolm Williamson (1931), David Theile (1938), Nathan Deakes (1977), Todd Woodbridge (1971), and Richie Porte (1985).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Donna Williams ranks 31. Before her are David Malouf (1934), DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), Les Murray (1938), Liane Moriarty (1966), and Miles Franklin (1879). After her are Richard Flanagan (1961), Geraldine Brooks (1955), Louisa Lawson (1848), Garth Nix (1963), Adam Elliot (1972), and Kate Grenville (1950).

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