WRITER

Malcolm Lowry

1909 - 1957

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Clarence Malcolm Lowry (; 28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcolm Lowry has received more than 431,299 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Malcolm Lowry is the 1,832nd most popular writer (down from 1,734th in 2019), the 1,399th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,367th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ultramarine
Fiction, Seafaring life, British
1933
October ferry to Gabriola
1970
Dark as the grave wherein my friend is laid
Fiction, British in fiction, Alcoholics
1968
Hear us O Lord from heaven thy dwelling place
1961
Lunar caustic
1963
Under the Volcano
Alcoholics, Alcoholism, All Souls' Day
It is the Day of the Dead. The fiesta in full swing. In the shadow of Popocatepeti ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate...and the ugly pariah dogs roam the streets. Geoffrey Firmin, HM ex-consul, is drowning himself in liquor and Mescal, while his ex-wife and half brother look on powerless to help him. As the day wears on, it becomes apparent that Geoffrey must die. It is his only escape from a world he cannot understand. UNDER THE VOLCANO is one of the century's great undisputed masterpieces.
1947

Page views of Malcolm Lowries by language

Over the past year Malcolm Lowry has had the most page views in the with 48,038 views, followed by French (10,734), and Spanish (10,496). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (213.24%), Esperanto (155.90%), and Afrikaans (61.50%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Malcolm Lowry ranks 1,832 out of 7,302. Before him are Elif Shafak, Quadratus of Athens, Stephen Crane, Verrius Flaccus, Lina Kostenko, and Marcus Tullius Tiro. After him are Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Rick Riordan, Rhonda Byrne, Daṇḍin, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and Herodas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Malcolm Lowry ranks 85. Before him are Stavros Niarchos, William M. Branham, Homi J. Bhabha, Albert R. Broccoli, Willi Boskovsky, and Juan Carlos Onetti. After him are Nathan Rosen, Tokizo Ichihashi, Isa Miranda, Adolfo López Mateos, Roberto Burle Marx, and André Abegglen. Among people deceased in 1957, Malcolm Lowry ranks 73. Before him are Tomitaro Makino, Gaston Aumoitte, Ernst Gräfenberg, Soemu Toyoda, Johann Rattenhuber, and Carlos Castillo Armas. After him are Kurt von Tippelskirch, Josef Hofmann, Zhou Xuan, Washington Luís, Josef Lada, and Eugenio Castellotti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Lowry ranks 1,399 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Frankland (1825), Jimmy Greaves (1940), William Aiton (1731), Paul Gascoigne (1967), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), and Wayne Rooney (1985). After him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Harry Gregg (1932), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Herbert Pitman (1877), Michael Owen (1979), and James Bruce (1730).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Lowry ranks 153. Before him are Barbara Cartland (1901), Branwell Brontë (1817), Lucinda Riley (1965), Arthur Machen (1863), Anne Perry (1938), and Ted Hughes (1930). After him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Brian Aldiss (1925), Colin Wilson (1931), Joseph Addison (1672), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), and Thomas Wyatt (1503).

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