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Laurie Lee

1914 - 1997

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Laurence Edward Alan Lee, (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire. His most notable work is the autobiographical trilogy Cider with Rosie (1959), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), and A Moment of War (1991). The first volume recounts his childhood in the Slad Valley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurie Lee has received more than 858,740 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Laurie Lee is the 6,852nd most popular writer (down from 6,188th in 2019), the 6,394th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,875th in 2019) and the 716th most popular British Writer.

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  • 860k

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  • 45.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laurie Lee ranks 6,852 out of 7,302. Before him are Faye Kellerman, Mimoza Ahmeti, Yiyun Li, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Dan Barker, and Robert Pinsky. After him are Roberto Orci, Ingrid Klimke, Toru Dutt, Ernest Cline, James T. Farrell, and Eliezer Yudkowsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Laurie Lee ranks 416. Before him are Randall Jarrell, Joe Rantz, Jane Randolph, David Brian, Ellen Drew, and Gerald Mohr. After him are Frances Reid, Terence O'Neill, Harry F. Byrd Jr., Joan Littlewood, Howard K. Smith, and Dixy Lee Ray. Among people deceased in 1997, Laurie Lee ranks 325. Before him are Polly Ann Young, Eddie Arcaro, Barry Evans, Brian Pillman, William J. Brennan Jr., and Chetan Anand. After him are Paul Tsongas, Marjorie Reynolds, Jermaine Stewart, Sipan Shiraz, Joyce Compton, and Terry Nation.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Laurie Lee ranks 6,394 out of 8,785. Before him are Malcolm Macdonald (1950), Paul McGrath (1959), Paul Blackthorne (1969), Graeme Dott (1977), Nigel Winterburn (1963), and David Thompson (1961). After him are E. B. Ford (1901), Agyness Deyn (1983), Virginia Field (1917), Rory Delap (1976), Shay Brennan (1937), and Slick Rick (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Laurie Lee ranks 716. Before him are Sebastian Faulks (1953), Louis MacNeice (1907), Robert Bridges (1844), Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), John Mortimer (1923), and Douglas Murray (1979). After him are Christopher Smart (1722), Matt Haig (1975), George Monbiot (1963), Dora Marsden (1882), Sara Ahmed (1969), and Benjamin Jowett (1817).

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