WRITER

Michael Arlen

1895 - 1956

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Michael Arlen (born Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian;, Armenian: Տիգրան Գույումճյան, 16 November 1895 – 23 June 1956) was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter. He had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England, publishing the best-selling novel The Green Hat in 1924. Arlen is most famous for his satirical romances set in English smart society, but he also wrote gothic horror and psychological thrillers, for instance "The Gentleman from America", which was filmed in 1948 as The Fatal Night, and again in 1956 as a television episode for Alfred Hitchcock's TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Arlen has received more than 147,187 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Arlen is the 6,233rd most popular writer, the 269th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 33rd most popular Bulgarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mundo Feliz
2021
Mundo Feliz
2018
The green hat
Fiction, romance, general
1924
Living-room war
Television broadcasting, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, public opinion, Television broadcasting, social aspects
1969
These charming people
Social life and customs, Fiction, Fiction, horror
1923
Crows of Pearblossom
Animals, Fiction, Children's stories
When Mrs. Crow discovers a snake has been eating her eggs, Mr. Crow and his friend Owl fool Mr. Snake and put an end to that problem.
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Arlen ranks 6,233 out of 7,302. Before him are Anthony McCarten, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Reiko Yoshida, Satya Vrat Shastri, Dragojla Jarnević, and Tristan Taormino. After him are Robert Hughes, Linda Maria Baros, Gyrðir Elíasson, Thomas Hughes, Ronald Firbank, and Dan Abnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Michael Arlen ranks 294. Before him are Virginia Valli, Margaret Livingston, Gracie Allen, István Barta, Lancelot Hogben, and Ernie Collett. After him are Lorenz Hart, Katsutoshi Naito, Alice Lake, Alexander Aitken, Adam Papée, and Louise Fazenda. Among people deceased in 1956, Michael Arlen ranks 216. Before him are John Garstang, Charley Grapewin, Christian Gitsham, Sam Langford, René Fernández, and Francis Tyler. After him are Bob Sweikert, Margaret Wycherly, Paul Kelly, Ernst Loof, Chandrashekhar Agashe, and Holmes Herbert.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Michael Arlen ranks 269 out of 415. Before him are Vasil Metodiev (1935), Andrey Zhelyazkov (1952), Vidin Apostolov (1941), Ginka Zagorcheva (1958), George Baker (1931), and Ivo Papazov (1952). After him are Stefan Sofiyanski (1951), Halil Mutlu (1973), Daniel Borimirov (1970), Atanas Mihaylov (1949), Ivaylo Yordanov (1968), and Serafim Todorov (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Michael Arlen ranks 33. Before him are Kostas Varnalis (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Anton Donchev (1930), Dimitar Dimov (1909), Yordan Radichkov (1929), and Georgi Gospodinov (1968). After him are Ilija Trojanow (1965).

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