WRITER

Nina Bawden

1925 - 2012

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Nina Mary Bawden CBE, FRSL, JP (19 January 1925 – 22 August 2012) was an English novelist and children's writer. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nina Bawden has received more than 154,036 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nina Bawden is the 6,772nd most popular writer (down from 6,057th in 2019), the 6,249th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,654th in 2019) and the 704th most popular British Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 46.50

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nina Bawden ranks 6,772 out of 7,302Before her are Sharon Olds, Miro Gavran, Michael Davitt, Leena Lehtolainen, Charley Boorman, and Ed Greenwood. After her are Abdellah Taïa, Carol Ann Duffy, Claire Keegan, Maja Lunde, Stevie Smith, and Claudio Rodriguez Fer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Nina Bawden ranks 531Before her are Ebrahim Alkazi, Jerry Paris, Keshav Dutt, Johnny Horton, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, and Peter Hirsch. After her are Bill Dixon, Bob Hastings, Alastair McCorquodale, Russell Hoban, Jay Chamberlain, and William Steinkraus. Among people deceased in 2012, Nina Bawden ranks 494Before her are Thomas Kinkade, Michael Dokes, Eduard Ivanov, Miguel Calero, Dave Sexton, and Keith Gardner. After her are Chuck Share, Al Freeman Jr., Kenny Rollins, Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Anthony Bevilacqua, and Jonathan Frid.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nina Bawden ranks 6,249 out of 8,785Before her are Colin Todd (1948), Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990), Thomas Sopwith (1888), Charley Boorman (1966), Raquel Cassidy (1968), and Michael Fallon (1952). After her are Aaron Ramsdale (1998), Mark E. Smith (1957), Adam Curtis (1955), Carol Ann Duffy (1955), Amanda Abbington (1974), and Steve Jones (1944).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Nina Bawden ranks 704Before her are Alison Weir (1951), Jane Taylor (1783), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), George Etherege (1635), Stanley Middleton (1919), and Charley Boorman (1966). After her are Carol Ann Duffy (1955), Stevie Smith (1902), Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), Russell T Davies (1963), Noel Streatfeild (1895), and Sebastian Faulks (1953).