WRITER

Mavis Gallant

1922 - 2014

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Mavis Leslie de Trafford Gallant, , née Young (11 August 1922 – 18 February 2014), was a Canadian writer who spent much of her life and career in France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mavis Gallant has received more than 213,686 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mavis Gallant is the 6,787th most popular writer (down from 5,827th in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from Canada (down from 644th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mavis Gallant ranks 6,787 out of 7,302. Before her are Jónína Leósdóttir, Ornela Vorpsi, Justin Cronin, Lady Gabriella Kingston, Brannon Braga, and Gjekë Marinaj. After her are Bryan Fuller, D. C. Fontana, Dave Meltzer, Philip Levine, Nikolay Abramov, and Ti-Grace Atkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Mavis Gallant ranks 455. Before her are G. N. Ramachandran, Eugenie Clark, Lamont Johnson, Kay Starr, Len Lesser, and Bernard Bailyn. After her are Syd Owen, Hattie Jacques, Frank Spellman, Grayson Hall, Audrey Long, and Gale Storm. Among people deceased in 2014, Mavis Gallant ranks 551. Before her are Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Michael Glawogger, Barbara Murray, Joan Mondale, Dora Bryan, and Bob Hastings. After her are Fernandão, Steven Sotloff, Deven Verma, Valyantsin Byalkevich, Jimmy Ruffin, and Christopher Malcolm.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Mavis Gallant ranks 826 out of 1,622. Before her are Jeff Waters (1966), Bert McCaffrey (1893), Andy Bathgate (1932), Chris Diamantopoulos (1975), Kathleen Wynne (1953), and Sara Canning (1987). After her are Tyler Labine (1978), Cœur de pirate (1989), Catherine Mary Stewart (1959), Isabelle Boulay (1972), Caroline Dhavernas (1978), and Daniel Cudmore (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Mavis Gallant ranks 45. Before her are Robert Elsie (1950), Deborah Ellis (1960), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Élie Blanchard (1881), Gregory Colbert (1960), and Ed Greenwood (1959). After her are Timothy Findley (1930), Cory Doctorow (1971), Robert C. Cooper (1968), Rachel Cusk (1967), Geoff Ryman (1951), and Anne Michaels (1958).

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