WRITER

John Arden

1930 - 2012

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John Arden (26 October 1930 – 28 March 2012) was an English playwright who at his death was lauded as "one of the most significant British playwrights of the late 1950s and early 60s". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Arden has received more than 115,778 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Arden is the 6,500th most popular writer (down from 5,798th in 2019), the 5,771st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,140th in 2019) and the 657th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Non-Stop Connolly Show
1984
Serjeant Musgrave's dance
English drama
1960
The business of good government
English Christmas plays, 10/6 0, Christmas plays
1963
Left-handed liberty
1965
Three plays
1964

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Arden ranks 6,500 out of 7,302. Before him are Felicia Hemans, William Kennedy, Lionel Trilling, Lidija Dimkovska, Vachel Lindsay, and Ogden Nash. After him are Jasper Fforde, Christopher Moore, George MacDonald Fraser, Countee Cullen, F. Sionil José, and Patrick Kavanagh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Arden ranks 602. Before him are Earl Hooker, Annie Ross, Marie Senghor Basse, Lajos Für, Louis Meznarie, and Norman Podhoretz. After him are Nicholas F. Brady, Yves Delacour, Sim Iness, Arlen Specter, Booker Ervin, and Wayne Frye. Among people deceased in 2012, John Arden ranks 466. Before him are Kitty Wells, Finn Pedersen, A. K. Hangal, Lucille Bliss, Dubravko Pavličić, and Joe Kubert. After him are Bill Hinzman, Jules Bocandé, Gary Collins, Arlen Specter, John Fitch, and Robert Bork.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Arden ranks 5,771 out of 8,785. Before him are William Gott (1897), Mirabehn (1892), Garth Ennis (1970), Ray Noble (1903), Olivia Cooke (1993), and Martyn Poliakoff (1947). After him are Juno Temple (1989), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), Allenby Chilton (1918), Jasper Fforde (1961), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), and Ninian Stephen (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Arden ranks 657. Before him are John Suckling (1609), Mark Akenside (1721), Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Walter Besant (1836), Angus Wilson (1913), and Felicia Hemans (1793). After him are Jasper Fforde (1961), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), John Lydgate (1370), Sidney Lee (1859), Charles Stross (1964), and John Gribbin (1946).

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