WRITER

Keri Hulme

1947 - 2021

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Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 – 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui. Her novel The Bone People won the Booker Prize in 1985; she was the first New Zealander to win the award, and also the first writer to win the prize for a debut novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keri Hulme has received more than 216,726 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Keri Hulme is the 6,011th most popular writer (down from 4,434th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 51st in 2019) and the 7th most popular New Zealander Writer.

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  • 220k

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  • 51.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Keri Hulme ranks 6,011 out of 7,302. Before her are Arthur Laurents, Paulina Chiziane, Larry Kramer, Robert Coover, David Storey, and Jacob Abbott. After her are Andreas Eschbach, Sarah Waters, Philippa Pearce, Zsigmond Kemény, Rebecca Solnit, and Luiza Pesjak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Keri Hulme ranks 704. Before her are Rupert Holmes, Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvey Mason, Emiliano Mondonico, Jim Marurai, and Stuart Baird. After her are Kerry Melville, Juan Sol, Hawa Abdi, Anne Fine, Guy François, and Ada Kok. Among people deceased in 2021, Keri Hulme ranks 548. Before her are Vicente Cantatore, Lester Bird, Jonathan Penrose, Ray Kennedy, Vyacheslav Vedenin, and Michael Constantine. After her are Mikhail Zhelev, Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Momčilo Vukotić, Markie Post, Pepi Bader, and Andrzej Zieliński.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Keri Hulme ranks 81 out of 303. Before her are Lawrence Makoare (1968), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), Peter Hambleton (1960), David Lange (1942), Melanie Lynskey (1977), and Geoff Murphy (1938). After her are Keith Park (1892), Anand Satyanand (1944), Jemaine Clement (1974), Juliet Mitchell (1940), Bill Pickering (1910), and Graeme Revell (1955).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Keri Hulme ranks 7. Before her are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Richard Curtis (1956), Janet Frame (1924), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), and Margaret Mahy (1936). After her are Anthony McCarten (1961), Ruth Park (1917), and Philippa Boyens (2000).

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