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Michael Frayn

1933 - Today

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Michael Frayn, FRSL (; born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off  and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy. Frayn's novels, such as Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong and Spies, have also been critical and commercial successes, making him one of the handful of writers in the English language to succeed in both drama and prose fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Frayn has received more than 548,287 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Michael Frayn is the 4,722nd most popular writer (up from 5,107th in 2019), the 3,414th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,009th in 2019) and the 385th most popular British Writer.

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  • 550k

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  • 55.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Frayn ranks 4,722 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward William Lane, Fredrik Backman, Saul Alinsky, Robert B. Parker, Sanchuniathon, and Cordwainer Smith. After him are Edith Sitwell, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Rod Serling, Manuel Bandeira, Fyodor Abramov, and Rosa Sensat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Michael Frayn ranks 341. Before him are László Kovács, Maurizio Arena, Miriam Stevenson, Jean Vautrin, Ruth Arnon, and Janet Baker. After him are Bob Bondurant, Alfredo Landa, Semyon Farada, Ela Bhatt, Yelena Gorchakova, and William Kahan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Frayn ranks 3,414 out of 8,785. Before him are Lee Kerslake (1947), Barry Ackroyd (1954), Charles Hutton (1737), Stephen Moyer (1969), Leo Sayer (1948), and Philip Barker-Webb (1793). After him are Storm Thorgerson (1944), Edith Sitwell (1887), Andy Bown (1946), Walter Burley (1275), Al Atkins (1947), and Stanley Morison (1889).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Frayn ranks 385. Before him are Peter Ackroyd (1949), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Edward Thomas (1878), John Mawe (1764), James Thomson (1700), and Edward William Lane (1801). After him are Edith Sitwell (1887), William Tenn (1920), Brian Lumley (1937), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), E. L. James (1963), and Val McDermid (1955).

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