WRITER

Laura Ingalls Wilder

1867 - 1957

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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Ingalls Wilder has received more than 7,699,171 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Laura Ingalls Wilder is the 694th most popular writer (down from 658th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from United States (down from 727th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Writer.

Laura Ingalls Wilder is most famous for her autobiographical series of novels, Little House on the Prairie.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

On the Banks of Plum Creek
Juvenile Fiction
When Laura Ingalls and her family set out for Kansas, they travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the perfect place to call home. Pioneer life is sometimes hard, but Laura and her family are busy and happy building their new little house. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder's timeless classic, this gorgeous new hardcover edition features Garth Williams's charming illustrations in vibrant full color. For anyone who has ever read and loved Little House on the Prairie, and for those who have yet to discover Laura's world, this is a volume to cherish.
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La petite maison dans les grands bois
1932
Little Town on the Prairie
1941
Farmer Boy
1933
These Happy Golden Years1943
1939

Page views of Laura Ingalls Wilders by language

Over the past year Laura Ingalls Wilder has had the most page views in the with 958,517 views, followed by French (128,236), and German (72,234). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (168.07%), Basque (129.45%), and Simple English (98.80%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 694 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean Froissart, Truman Capote, Bettina von Arnim, Carlos Fuentes, Francesca da Rimini, and Sri Chinmoy. After her are Multatuli, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Naim Frashëri, Luis de Góngora, Periander, and Pavel Jozef Šafárik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 22. Before her are Maxime Weygand, Johannes Fibiger, Władysław Reymont, Pierre Bonnard, Enrique Granados, and Stanley Baldwin. After her are Ignacy Mościcki, Irving Fisher, Umberto Giordano, Hector Guimard, Sakichi Toyoda, and Eugen Sandow. Among people deceased in 1957, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 29. Before her are Joseph McCarthy, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Alfred Döblin, Curzio Malaparte, Jože Plečnik, and František Kupka. After her are Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, Erich von Stroheim, Alfonso de Portago, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 758 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Paul Morphy (1837), Les Paul (1915), H. H. Holmes (1861), Steven Weinberg (1933), and John Huston (1906). After her are Randy Quaid (1950), Tommy Hilfiger (1951), Terrence Malick (1943), Rick Rubin (1963), Buddy Holly (1936), and James Woods (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 72. Before her are Harper Lee (1926), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Washington Irving (1783), Irwin Shaw (1913), H. L. Mencken (1880), and Truman Capote (1924). After her are Jack Vance (1916), Louise Hay (1926), Dalton Trumbo (1905), William Saroyan (1908), Robert E. Howard (1906), and John Dos Passos (1896).

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