1936 - 2012
Margaret Mahy (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. She wrote more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Mahy has received more than 118,999 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Margaret Mahy is the 4,616th most popular writer (down from 4,232nd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 51st in 2019) and the 5th most popular New Zealander Writer.
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Among writers, Margaret Mahy ranks 4,616 out of 5,794. Before her are Peter Ackroyd, Stefan Andres, Mateja Matevski, Marieluise Fleißer, Thomas Linacre, and Kim Iryeop. After her are Amy Tan, Luigi Galleani, Karim Rashid, Juris Alunāns, Gjorgji Abadžiev, and Takashi Tezuka.
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 4,610
1906 - 1970
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 4,611
1929 - 2018
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 4,612
1901 - 1974
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 4,613
1460 - 1524
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4,614
1896 - 1971
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4,615
1936 - 2012
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,616
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,617
1861 - 1931
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,618
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 4,619
1832 - 1864
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 4,620
1910 - 1963
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 4,621
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 4,622
Among people born in 1936, Margaret Mahy ranks 357. Before her are Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard E. Stearns, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Norberto Menéndez, Martin Gilbert, and Eduard Gufeld. After her are Paulo Emilio, David Hess, Ronnie Bucknum, Nahum Stelmach, Iya Savvina, and Michel Rousseau. Among people deceased in 2012, Margaret Mahy ranks 309. Before her are Geoffrey Hughes, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Peter Struck, Jorge Illueca, Sergey Nikolsky, and Phillip V. Tobias. After her are François Migault, Valeri Vasiliev, Barney McKenna, Jenni Rivera, Robert Hughes, and Doc Watson.
1936 - 2012
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 351
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 352
1936 - 2019
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 353
1936 - 1994
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 354
1936 - 2015
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 355
1936 - 2002
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 356
1936 - 2012
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 357
1936 - 2016
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 358
1936 - 2011
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 359
1936 - 1992
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 360
1936 - 1999
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 361
1936 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 362
1936 - 2016
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 363
1944 - 2012
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 303
1924 - 2012
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 304
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 305
1918 - 2012
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 306
1905 - 2012
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 307
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 308
1936 - 2012
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 309
1944 - 2012
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 310
1949 - 2012
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 311
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 312
1969 - 2012
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 313
1938 - 2012
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 314
1923 - 2012
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 315
Among people born in New Zealand, Margaret Mahy ranks 55 out of 206. Before her are Kevin Smith (1963), Jonah Lomu (1975), Lee Tamahori (1950), Raymond Firth (1901), Fran Walsh (1959), and John Nicholson (1941). After her are Hugh Walpole (1884), Yvette Williams (1929), John Key (1961), Rupert Julian (1879), Geoff Murphy (1938), and Bill English (1961).
1963 - 2002
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 49
1975 - 2015
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 50
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 51
1901 - 2002
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 52
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 53
1941 - 2017
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 54
1936 - 2012
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 55
1884 - 1941
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 56
1929 - 2019
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 57
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 58
1879 - 1943
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 59
1938 - 2018
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 60
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 61
Among writers born in New Zealand, Margaret Mahy ranks 5. Before her are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Richard Curtis (1956), and Janet Frame (1924). After her are Hugh Walpole (1884), Keri Hulme (1947), Philippa Boyens (2000), and Hamish Bond (1986).
1888 - 1923
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 1
1895 - 1982
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 2
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 3
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 4
1936 - 2012
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 5
1884 - 1941
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 7
2000 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 8
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 9