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Eva Ibbotson

1925 - 2010

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Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson (née Wiesner; 21 January 1925 – 20 October 2010) was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adults have been reissued for the young adult market. The historical novel Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan, 2001) won her the Smarties Prize in category 9–11 years, garnered an unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Prize, and made the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eva Ibbotson has received more than 367,705 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Eva Ibbotson is the 5,184th most popular writer (down from 4,777th in 2019), the 869th most popular biography from Austria (down from 784th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 17

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eva Ibbotson ranks 5,184 out of 5,755. Before her are Charles Allston Collins, André Heller, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Larry Kramer, Tahar Djaout, and Edward Wilmot Blyden. After her are William F. Buckley Jr., Scholastique Mukasonga, Michael Bishop, Elisabeth Eybers, Aleardo Aleardi, and J. Michael Straczynski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Eva Ibbotson ranks 386. Before her are Mahmoud Fayad, Martha Vickers, Carlo Annovazzi, Ali Bozer, Gunnar Birkerts, and Cornell Borchers. After her are William F. Buckley Jr., Elaine Stritch, Abel Muzorewa, István Szondy, Horacio Guarany, and Stepas Butautas. Among people deceased in 2010, Eva Ibbotson ranks 307. Before her are Raúl Belén, Ferdinand Oyono, Earl Wild, Thorvald Strömberg, Guru, and Loris Kessel. After her are Peter Orlovsky, Imre Polyák, Luigi Padovese, José Antonio Labordeta, Abel Muzorewa, and Jean Boiteux.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Eva Ibbotson ranks 869 out of 1,237. Before her are Bibi Besch (1942), Robert Menasse (1954), Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten (1861), Josef Feistmantl (1939), André Heller (1947), and Lilly Scholz (1903). After her are Sulamith Goldhaber (1923), Josef Hassmann (1910), Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887), Felix Kaspar (1915), Ernst Hinterseer (1932), and Johannes Hahn (1957).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Eva Ibbotson ranks 61. Before her are Albert Ehrenstein (1886), René Wellek (1903), H. C. Artmann (1921), Rosa Mayreder (1858), Robert Menasse (1954), and André Heller (1947). After her are Thomas Brezina (1963), Barbara Frischmuth (1941), Christoph Ransmayr (1954), Maja Haderlap (1961), Wolf Haas (1960), and Arabella Kiesbauer (1969).

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