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Les Murray

1938 - 2019

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Leslie Allan Murray (17 October 1938 – 29 April 2019) was an Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career spanned over 40 years and he published nearly 30 volumes of poetry as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings. Translations of Murray's poetry have been published in 11 languages: French, German, Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Hindi, Russian, and Dutch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Les Murray has received more than 12,606 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Les Murray is the 6,707th most popular writer (down from 5,964th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Australia (down from 382nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
1991
Progress in Mathematics (Progress in Mathematics S.)
Mathematics, Examinations, questions, Study and teaching (Secondary)
1984
The daylight moon
Poetry (poetic works by one author), Australian poetry
1987
Progress in Mathematics (Progress in Mathematics)
1984
The vernacular republic
1976
Progress in Mathematics (Progress in Mathematics)
1984
Poems
1991
Progress in Mathematics (Progress in Mathematics S.)
Mathematics, Examinations, questions, Study and teaching (Secondary)
1984
Progress in Mathematics
Mathematics
1985
The vernacular republic
1976
Progress in Mathematics
Mathematics
1985
The daylight moon
Poetry (poetic works by one author), Australian poetry
1987

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Les Murray ranks 6,707 out of 7,302. Before him are Narine Abgaryan, Nicholas Monsarrat, Elizabeth Carter, Calixthe Beyala, Miquel-Lluís Muntané, and Tie Ning. After him are Albrecht Behmel, Alice Stone Blackwell, Michal Viewegh, John Seigenthaler, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and Juli Zeh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Les Murray ranks 598. Before him are Joan Blackman, Stanley Fish, Bobby Charles, Julie Felix, Lorraine Crapp, and Terrence McNally. After him are Eduard Ivanov, James Gunn, Sam Nunn, Gus Johnson, Jeff Barry, and Lynn Carlin. Among people deceased in 2019, Les Murray ranks 573. Before him are Ulf Bengtsson, Eddie Garcia, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Tommy Smith, Alan Rollinson, and James Frawley. After him are Ted Burgin, John Carl Buechler, Manohar Parrikar, Robert Hunter, Sandie Jones, and Viktor Manakov.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Les Murray ranks 475 out of 1,143. Before him are Mervyn Wood (1917), Louis Mandylor (1966), Rodney Brooks (1954), Lorraine Crapp (1938), Edith Cowan (1861), and Shane Warne (1969). After him are Suzanne Cory (1942), June Maston (1928), Liane Moriarty (1966), Tim Forsyth (1973), Jenny Lamy (1949), and Michael Hester (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Les Murray ranks 28. Before him are Henry Lawson (1867), Robert Hughes (1938), Kate Morton (1976), David Malouf (1934), DBC Pierre (1961), and Mary Augusta Ward (1851). After him are Liane Moriarty (1966), Miles Franklin (1879), Donna Williams (1963), Richard Flanagan (1961), Geraldine Brooks (1955), and Louisa Lawson (1848).

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