1911 - 1968
Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mervyn Peake has received more than 631,611 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mervyn Peake is the 4,255th most popular writer (down from 3,675th in 2019), the 808th most popular biography from China (down from 699th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Mervyn Peake ranks 4,255 out of 5,755. Before him are Rod Serling, Mikhail Kheraskov, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Igor Severyanin, and Léon Damas. After him are Otar Chiladze, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, John D. MacDonald, Dmitry Gulia, Joachim Heinrich Campe, and Rosa Montero.
1924 - 1975
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 4,249
1733 - 1807
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 4,250
1815 - 1894
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 4,251
1844 - 1889
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 4,252
1887 - 1941
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 4,253
1912 - 1978
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 4,254
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 4,255
1933 - 2009
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 4,256
1613 - 1676
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 4,257
1916 - 1986
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 4,258
1874 - 1960
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 4,259
1746 - 1818
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 4,260
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 4,261
Among people born in 1911, Mervyn Peake ranks 217. Before him are Ján Cikker, Roy Eldridge, Reg Parnell, Maclyn McCarty, Max Gluckman, and Clare Hollingworth. After him are Gyula Lázár, C. L. Moore, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Kick Smit, Consalvo Sanesi, and Leslie Graham. Among people deceased in 1968, Mervyn Peake ranks 151. Before him are Franchot Tone, Walter Tewksbury, Fedde Schurer, Ellen Gleditsch, René Navarre, and Hugo Haas. After him are Antonio Pietrangeli, Jess Willard, Manuel Bandeira, Hertha Sponer, Mike Spence, and Dorothy Garrod.
1911 - 1989
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 211
1911 - 1989
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 212
1911 - 1964
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 213
1911 - 2005
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 214
1911 - 1975
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 215
1911 - 2017
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 216
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 217
1911 - 1983
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 218
1911 - 1987
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 219
1911 - 1994
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 220
1911 - 1974
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 221
1911 - 1998
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 222
1911 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 223
1905 - 1968
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 145
1876 - 1968
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 146
1898 - 1968
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 147
1879 - 1968
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 148
1877 - 1968
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 149
1901 - 1968
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 150
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 151
1919 - 1968
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 152
1881 - 1968
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 153
1886 - 1968
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 154
1895 - 1968
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 155
1936 - 1968
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 156
1892 - 1968
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 157
Among people born in China, Mervyn Peake ranks 808 out of 1,392. Before him are Wen Yiduo (1899), P. C. Chang (1892), Zhang Jie (1937), Bei Dao (1949), Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), and Yu Rongguang (1958). After him are Toshiko Fujita (1950), Zhou Xun (1974), Guo Boxiong (1942), Liu He (1952), Wang Shu (1963), and Keye Luke (1904).
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 802
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 803
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 804
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 805
1890 - 1967
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 806
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 807
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 808
1950 - 2018
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 809
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 810
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 811
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 812
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 813
1904 - 1991
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 814
Among writers born in China, Mervyn Peake ranks 98. Before him are Taranatha (1575), Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Dafu (1896), Wen Yiduo (1899), Zhang Jie (1937), and Bei Dao (1949). After him are Wang Guowei (1877), Dai Sijie (1954), Zhu Ziqing (1898), Wang Meng (1934), Ingrid Noll (1935), and John Hersey (1914).
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 92
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 93
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 94
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 95
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 96
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 97
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 98
1877 - 1927
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 99
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 100
1898 - 1948
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 101
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 102
1935 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 103
1914 - 1993
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 104