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J. P. Donleavy

1926 - 2017

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James Patrick Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was an American-Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. P. Donleavy has received more than 281,463 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). J. P. Donleavy is the 6,437th most popular writer (down from 5,889th in 2019), the 11,988th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,580th in 2019) and the 879th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The beastly beatitudes of Balthazar B
The New York Times Book Review called The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, J. P. Donleavy's hilarious, bittersweet tale of a lost young man's existential odyssey, "a triumphant piece of writing, achieved with that total authority, total mastery which shows that a fine writer is fully extended...." In the years before and after World War II, Balthazar B is the world's last shy, elegant young man. Born to riches in Paris and raised by his governess, Balthazar is shipped off to a British boarding school, where he meets the noble but naughty Beefy. The duo matriculate to Trinity College, Dublin, where Balthazar reads zoology and Beefy prepares for holy orders, all the while sharing amorous adventures high and low, until their university careers come to an abrupt and decidedly unholy end. Written with trademark bravado and a healthy dose of sincerity, The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B is vintage Donleavy
1968
The Ginger Man
American students, Americans, College students
1956
Leila
Fiction, Young men
1983
A singular man
1963
The destinies of Darcy Dancer, gentleman
Fiction, Fiction in English, Young men
1977
Meet my maker the mad molecule
1964
The ginger man
1955
A singular man
Fiction, general, Loneliness, Fiction
1963
The destinies of Darcy Dancer, gentleman
Fiction, Fiction in English, Young men
1977
Leila
Fiction, Young men, Ireland, fiction
1983
The Ginger Man
Fiction, humorous, general, American students, Americans
1956
The beastly beatitudes of Balthazar B
Fiction, horror, Fiction, Fiction, general
The New York Times Book Review called The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, J. P. Donleavy's hilarious, bittersweet tale of a lost young man's existential odyssey, "a triumphant piece of writing, achieved with that total authority, total mastery which shows that a fine writer is fully extended...." In the years before and after World War II, Balthazar B is the world's last shy, elegant young man. Born to riches in Paris and raised by his governess, Balthazar is shipped off to a British boarding school, where he meets the noble but naughty Beefy. The duo matriculate to Trinity College, Dublin, where Balthazar reads zoology and Beefy prepares for holy orders, all the while sharing amorous adventures high and low, until their university careers come to an abrupt and decidedly unholy end. Written with trademark bravado and a healthy dose of sincerity, The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B is vintage Donleavy
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. P. Donleavy ranks 6,437 out of 7,302. Before him are Daniel Handler, Dorji Wangmo, David Malouf, Helen Gurley Brown, Leyla Aliyeva, and Michel Faber. After him are John Ralston Saul, Joel Barlow, Robert Elsie, Joe Medicine Crow, Alexandre del Valle, and Ann Oakley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, J. P. Donleavy ranks 524. Before him are Karl Gordon Henize, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jane Withers, Bruce Harlan, James Lipton, and Narinder Singh Kapany. After him are Kenneth Richmond, Rusty Wailes, Hazel Court, Joe Kubert, Lurleen Wallace, and Gulab Bai. Among people deceased in 2017, J. P. Donleavy ranks 576. Before him are Muhal Richard Abrams, Carme Chacón, Ricardo Vidal, Norma McCorvey, Miguel Ángel Loayza, and Nancy Dupree. After him are Robert Elsie, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Zdeněk Šreiner, Denis Johnson, Nicole Bricq, and Viktor Kupreichik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. P. Donleavy ranks 11,988 out of 20,380. Before him are Imogene Coca (1908), Belva Ann Lockwood (1830), Wood Harris (1969), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), Walter Forward (1786), and Art Clokey (1921). After him are Charles Erwin Wilson (1890), Redfoo (1975), Joel Barlow (1754), David Newman (1954), Kitty Kallen (1921), and J. Smith-Cameron (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, J. P. Donleavy ranks 879. Before him are Barbara Kingsolver (1955), Rick Yancey (1962), Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), James Lipton (1926), Daniel Handler (1970), and Helen Gurley Brown (1922). After him are Joel Barlow (1754), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), Judith Merril (1923), Ted Tally (1952), Thomas Beatie (1974), and Robert Cormier (1925).

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