WRITER

Helen Dunmore

1952 - 2017

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Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. Her best known works include the novels Zennor in Darkness, A Spell of Winter and The Siege, and her last book of poetry Inside the Wave. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Dunmore has received more than 298,878 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Helen Dunmore is the 7,015th most popular writer (down from 6,342nd in 2019), the 6,744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,326th in 2019) and the 733rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 300k

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  • 43.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helen Dunmore ranks 7,015 out of 7,302. Before her are Milan Ohnisko, Patrick Ness, Julie Powell, Rutger Bregman, Bryan Konietzko, and Michael Savage. After her are Chenjerai Hove, P. J. O'Rourke, Lotta Lotass, Shashi Deshpande, Paul Beatty, and Jon Lee Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Helen Dunmore ranks 766. Before her are Donald R. McMonagle, Karen Magnussen, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Bob Corker, Tom McMillen, and George Allen. After her are Spencer Abraham, Peter Tatchell, Rita Dove, Urvashi Butalia, William F. Readdy, and Armelia McQueen. Among people deceased in 2017, Helen Dunmore ranks 662. Before her are Elena Verdugo, Ronnie Moran, David Poisson, Julia Perez, Yurizan Beltran, and Mark White. After her are Gauri Lankesh, Ben Barres, Judy Martz, Mundell Lowe, Stefano Farina, and Serge Baguet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen Dunmore ranks 6,744 out of 8,785. Before her are Declan Galbraith (1991), Wayne Hennessey (1987), Joe Royle (1949), Flood (1960), Glenn Roeder (1955), and Michael O'Neill (1969). After her are Augustus Prew (1987), David Gray (1968), Julian Morris (1983), Freya Mavor (1993), Tom Wisdom (1973), and Colin Kazim-Richards (1986).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Helen Dunmore ranks 733. Before her are Andrea Levy (1956), Dennis Potter (1935), Anna Burns (1962), Alice Oseman (1994), Edwin Morgan (1920), and Ken MacLeod (1954). After her are Terry Nation (1930), Frances Hardinge (1973), Charlotte Roche (1978), Sophie Dahl (1977), Mark Ravenhill (1966), and Tom Holland (1968).

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