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Joe Orton

1933 - 1967

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John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967, was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Orton has received more than 1,092,691 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joe Orton is the 5,409th most popular writer (down from 4,961st in 2019), the 4,406th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,164th in 2019) and the 493rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joe Orton ranks 5,409 out of 5,755. Before him are Darren Shan, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Chingiz Abdullayev, Cyril Collard, Leena Krohn, and Éva Janikovszky. After him are Kalliroi Parren, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Léon Frapié, Robert Sabatier, Michael Blake, and Rolf Jacobsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Joe Orton ranks 406. Before him are Leandro Faggin, Gilberto Penayo, Brigitte Reimann, George J. Mitchell, Kathryn Crosby, and Allen J. Bard. After him are Ira Murchison, Ford Konno, Henry Hartsfield, David Storey, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, and Vincenzo Consolo. Among people deceased in 1967, Joe Orton ranks 229. Before him are Sigurd Moen, Herman Teirlinck, Stanley Bruce, Alice Lake, Charles Darrow, and György Bródy. After him are Reginald Denny, Edward Givens, Anatoly Maltsev, Sig Ruman, Simo Puupponen, and Jobyna Ralston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Orton ranks 4,406 out of 7,765. Before him are Raymond Leppard (1927), Adam Godley (1964), Charles W. Alcock (1842), Allan Warren (1948), Jonathan Lynn (1943), and Norman Read (1931). After him are Margaret Beckett (1943), Thomas Picton (1758), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Jason Orange (1970), Ian Burgess (1930), and Tony Cascarino (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joe Orton ranks 493. Before him are Kim Newman (1959), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Stephen Spender (1909), Sarah Waters (1966), Thomas Hughes (1822), and Darren Shan (1972). After him are Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), Pat Barker (1943), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Margaret Drabble (1939), Sam Houser (1972), and David Storey (1933).

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