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Edward Gorey

1925 - 2000

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Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Gorey has received more than 1,338,868 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Edward Gorey is the 3,145th most popular writer (down from 2,665th in 2019), the 3,980th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,487th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The doubtful guest
Hospitality, Etiquette, Humor
1957
The Glorious Nosebleed
1974
The Hapless Child
1961
Amphigorey
Pictorial American wit and humor, Caricatures and cartoons, Nonsense verses
1972
The Gilded Bat
With his typical dark, droll humor, Edward Gorey tells how Maudie, a girl given to staring at dead birds, is transformed into Mirella, a chic and mysterious prima ballerina. This woeful tale chronicles her ascent to the peak of fame, followed by her unexpected and dreadful demise. Gorey's exquisitely crafted illustrations of magical ballets, dubious barons, and stark apartments set the stage for this lonely drama of a slightly peculiar heroine.
1966
The Willowdale Handcar
1962

Page views of Edward Goreys by language

Over the past year Edward Gorey has had the most page views in the with 143,385 views, followed by Japanese (39,409), and Spanish (7,786). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (349.30%), Finnish (298.26%), and Simple English (259.22%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Gorey ranks 3,145 out of 7,302. Before him are Fadwa Tuqan, René Daumal, Antonio de Guevara, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Tristan Bernard, and Qian Zhongshu. After him are Ignacio Ramonet, Péter Szondi, Abdurauf Fitrat, Kir Bulychev, Paul Fleming, and Shibli Nomani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Edward Gorey ranks 200. Before him are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Bernard Morel, Jimmy Smith, Lenny Bruce, Andrei Sinyavsky, and Scott Carpenter. After him are Michael Halliday, Paul Wild, Maureen Stapleton, Rubem Fonseca, Justo Gallego Martínez, and Zhores Medvedev. Among people deceased in 2000, Edward Gorey ranks 127. Before him are Abdul Haris Nasution, Leonidas Pyrgos, Alfred Schwarzmann, Bruno Zevi, René Favaloro, and Jean Peters. After him are Charles Gray, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Ferenc Farkas, Poul Hartling, David Tomlinson, and Adamantios Androutsopoulos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Gorey ranks 3,980 out of 20,380. Before him are Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924), Ben Turpin (1869), Robert Stack (1919), Dana Scott (1932), Dick Sargent (1930), and Parry O'Brien (1932). After him are Queen Latifah (1970), Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968), Patsy Cline (1932), Shirley Jones (1934), Robert Motherwell (1915), and Tammi Terrell (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edward Gorey ranks 342. Before him are Anne Applebaum (1964), Charlie Kaufman (1958), Steve Berry (1955), Henrietta Szold (1860), Mike Mentzer (1951), and Marianne Williamson (1952). After him are Henry Kuttner (1915), Anne Tyler (1941), Jim Carroll (1949), Peter Benchley (1940), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), and Mickey Spillane (1918).

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