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Martin Amis

1949 - 2023

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Sir Martin Louis Amis (25 August 1949 – 19 May 2023) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize (shortlisted in 1991 for Time's Arrow and longlisted in 2003 for Yellow Dog). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Amis has received more than 2,313,755 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Martin Amis is the 3,408th most popular writer (up from 3,762nd in 2019), the 2,524th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,771st in 2019) and the 293rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 2.3M

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  • 50.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Amis ranks 3,408 out of 5,755. Before him are Mastoureh Ardalan, Penelope Fitzgerald, Hiratsuka Raichō, James Herbert Brennan, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Liza Marklund. After him are Eduard Vilde, Natsuo Kirino, Blaga Dimitrova, Israel Zangwill, Ai Yazawa, and Vincenzo Cerami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Martin Amis ranks 254. Before him are Marilyn Burns, Bertalan Farkas, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Veronica Cartwright, Michael Brecker, and Sabine Azéma. After him are Ray Dalio, Nana Alexandria, John Illsley, George Harris, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Edu. Among people deceased in 2023, Martin Amis ranks 175. Before him are Ignacio López Tarso, Carmen Sevilla, Ray Stevenson, Terry Funk, Suzanne Somers, and Robbie Robertson. After him are Lance Reddick, David Albahari, Paul Johnson, Natalie Zemon Davis, Ita Ever, and Duško Gojković.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Amis ranks 2,524 out of 7,765. Before him are James Herbert Brennan (1940), Una Stubbs (1937), Arnold Bax (1883), John Tavener (1944), Jackie Oliver (1942), and Mel Collins (1947). After him are William Turner (1510), Israel Zangwill (1864), Stuart Wilson (1946), Sue Townsend (1946), Dick Parry (1942), and Gorden Kaye (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Martin Amis ranks 293. Before him are Edith Durham (1863), Robert Chambers (1802), Eric Ambler (1909), David Crystal (1941), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), and James Herbert Brennan (1940). After him are Israel Zangwill (1864), Sue Townsend (1946), John Aubrey (1626), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), and Paul Johnson (1928).

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