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Louise Bennett-Coverley

1919 - 2006

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Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise Bennett-Coverley has received more than 790,007 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Louise Bennett-Coverley is the 5,839th most popular writer, the 54th most popular biography from Jamaica and the 6th most popular Jamaican Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louise Bennett-Coverley ranks 5,839 out of 7,302. Before her are Mirdza Ķempe, M. Scott Peck, Peter Hacks, Wadih Sa'adeh, Hannu Salama, and John of Worcester. After her are Akiva Goldsman, Robinson Jeffers, Zoltán Ambrus, Colum McCann, Giorgio Faletti, and Judy Blume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Louise Bennett-Coverley ranks 303. Before her are George E. P. Box, Kurt Wires, Alan Cottrell, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Slim Pickens. After her are Naim Talu, Erik Elmsäter, Tim Holt, Mary Midgley, Lawrence Stone, and Ernie Kovacs. Among people deceased in 2006, Louise Bennett-Coverley ranks 318. Before her are André Strappe, Mirko Sandić, Rosendo Hernández, Ron Greenwood, Nel van Vliet, and Jorge Mendonça. After her are Te Atairangikaahu, Ion Drîmbă, Lamar Hunt, Moira Shearer, Hanka Bielicka, and Erik Elmsäter.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Louise Bennett-Coverley ranks 54 out of 189. Before her are Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Lennox Miller (1946), Claude McKay (1889), and Yohan Blake (1989). After her are Arthur Wint (1920), Damian Marley (1978), Augustus Pablo (1954), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Alton Ellis (1938), and Kenneth O. Hall (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Louise Bennett-Coverley ranks 6. Before her are Marcus Garvey (1887), Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), and Claude McKay (1889). After her are Marlon James (1970), Nalo Hopkinson (1960), and Claudia Rankine (1963).

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