WRITER

Hugh MacDiarmid

1892 - 1978

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Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid ( mək-DUR-mid, Scots: [ˈhju məkˈdjɑrmɪd]), was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. He was a founding member of the National Party of Scotland in 1928 but left in 1933 due to his Marxist–Leninist views. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh MacDiarmid has received more than 320,057 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh MacDiarmid is the 6,836th most popular writer (down from 6,077th in 2019), the 6,371st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,692nd in 2019) and the 713th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Scottish eccentrics [by] Hugh MacDiarmid
Biography, Eccentrics and eccentricities
1936
The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse
Scottish poetry, English poetry, Poetry
1940
A Clyack-Sheaf
1969
A drunk man looks at the thistle
Literary Criticism, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry
1926
Lucky poet
Intellectual life, Scottish Poets, Biography
1943
Poems
Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), English poetry
1944

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugh MacDiarmid ranks 6,836 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Bridges, Anne Enright, Jan van Steenbergen, Hamid Mir, Seth Meyers, and Elaine Showalter. After him are John Mortimer, Robert C. Cooper, Michael Arndt, Douglas Murray, Javier Sicilia, and Ken Liu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Hugh MacDiarmid ranks 308. Before him are Lowell Thomas, Abel Kiviat, William Beaudine, Paul Douglas, Rose McConnell Long, and Fatma Begum. After him are Claire Du Brey, Eva Bowring, and Eric Harrison. Among people deceased in 1978, Hugh MacDiarmid ranks 271. Before him are William Grant Still, Tim McCoy, Ruth Etting, Ilka Chase, Theresa Weld, and Kofi Abrefa Busia. After him are James Gould Cozzens, and Fatima Massaquoi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh MacDiarmid ranks 6,371 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Sillett (1933), Finn Jones (1988), Craig Brown (1940), Thomas Heatherwick (1970), Robert James-Collier (1976), and Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852). After him are Mark Lewis Jones (1964), John Mortimer (1923), Alex Winter (1965), Justin Chancellor (1971), Douglas Murray (1979), and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hugh MacDiarmid ranks 713. Before him are Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), Russell T Davies (1963), Noel Streatfeild (1895), Sebastian Faulks (1953), Louis MacNeice (1907), and Robert Bridges (1844). After him are John Mortimer (1923), Douglas Murray (1979), Laurie Lee (1914), Christopher Smart (1722), Matt Haig (1975), and George Monbiot (1963).

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