WRITER

Muriel Spark

1918 - 2006

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Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muriel Spark has received more than 948,468 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Muriel Spark is the 646th most popular writer (up from 803rd in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 655th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Writer.

Muriel Spark is most famous for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which was adapted into a stage play and film.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muriel Spark ranks 646 out of 7,302. Before her are Walther von der Vogelweide, Ivan Franko, Irène Némirovsky, Kōbō Abe, Alexander Pope, and Michael Crichton. After her are Harriet Beecher Stowe, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Harper Lee, Martin Amis, Eugène Sue, and Ernest Thompson Seton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Muriel Spark ranks 26. Before her are Katherine Johnson, William Holden, Martin Ryle, Jørn Utzon, Kai Siegbahn, and Billy Graham. After her are Ernst Otto Fischer, Jens Christian Skou, Rosalia Lombardo, Franco Modigliani, Frederick Reines, and Yigal Allon. Among people deceased in 2006, Muriel Spark ranks 27. Before her are Giacinto Facchetti, Paul Mauriat, Johannes Rau, Melvin Schwartz, Desmond Doss, and Choi Kyu-hah. After her are Joseph Barbera, Jack Palance, Clay Regazzoni, Robert Altman, Lennart Meri, and Raymond Davis Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Muriel Spark ranks 478 out of 8,785. Before her are Brook Taylor (1685), Æthelflæd (869), Saint Boniface (680), Alexander Pope (1688), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), and G. E. Moore (1873). After her are Kate Winslet (1975), Robert Robinson (1886), Diana Rigg (1938), Nick Mason (1944), Margot Fonteyn (1919), and Joseph Lister (1827).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Muriel Spark ranks 55. Before her are D. H. Lawrence (1885), John Donne (1572), J. M. Barrie (1860), Samuel Johnson (1709), Daphne du Maurier (1907), and Alexander Pope (1688). After her are Martin Amis (1949), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Ian McEwan (1948), Douglas Adams (1952), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), and Oliver Sacks (1933).

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