WRITER

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 1,149,261 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Joe Orton is the 5,712th most popular writer (down from 5,390th in 2019), the 4,451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,397th in 2019) and the 502nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Loot
1967
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Drama, Gay men, English drama
1964
Plays
English drama, Drama, Gay men's writings, English
1976
What the butler saw
1969
The Orton diaries
20th century, Autobiography, Diaries
1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joe Orton ranks 5,712 out of 7,302. Before him are Peider Lansel, Peter Morgan, Georgi Gospodinov, Sarmad Kashani, Dragutin Tadijanović, and Karel van de Woestijne. After him are Ralf König, Anna Kavan, Kim Iryeop, Frederick Rolfe, Christoph Ransmayr, and Robert Christgau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Joe Orton ranks 434. Before him are Milly Scott, Ann Richards, Steve Shirley, Jackie Blanchflower, Ágnes Gergely, and Hiroshi Suzuki. After him are Jean Graczyk, Leonid Bartenyev, Vincenzo Consolo, Caroll Spinney, Irmtraud Morgner, and Yuri Chesnokov. Among people deceased in 1967, Joe Orton ranks 242. Before him are Billy Strayhorn, Maximos IV Sayegh, Oliverio Girondo, Herman Teirlinck, Pinto Colvig, and Jean Alexandre Barré. After him are Joseph Perotaux, Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Octacílio, John Masefield, Sigurd Moen, and Harald Julin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Orton ranks 4,451 out of 8,785. Before him are Karen Gillan (1987), Graham Taylor (1944), James Nesbitt (1965), George Reid (1845), Ove Arup (1895), and Cecilia Colledge (1920). After him are Betty Nuthall (1911), Anna Popplewell (1988), Mark Blundell (1966), Robert Moray (1609), James Quibell (1867), and Frederick Rolfe (1860).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joe Orton ranks 502. Before him are William Michael Rossetti (1829), Ernest Dowson (1867), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Charles Allston Collins (1828), Abraham Cowley (1618), and Peter Morgan (1963). After him are Frederick Rolfe (1860), Pauline Baynes (1922), David Mitchell (1969), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Charles Williams (1886), and Julian Symons (1912).

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