WRITER

Olivia Manning

1908 - 1980

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Olivia Mary Manning (2 March 1908 – 23 July 1980) was a British novelist, poet, writer, and reviewer. Her fiction and non-fiction, frequently detailing journeys and personal odysseys, were principally set in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East. She often wrote from her personal experience, though her books also demonstrate strengths in imaginative writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olivia Manning has received more than 354,561 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Olivia Manning is the 5,409th most popular writer (up from 5,523rd in 2019), the 4,108th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,592nd in 2019) and the 460th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olivia Manning ranks 5,409 out of 7,302. Before her are Henry Roth, Kang Kyeong-ae, Ibrahim Kuni, Kristin Hannah, Kārlis Skalbe, and Mochtar Lubis. After her are Mira Alečković, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Remco Campert, Nathan Zach, and Fred Saberhagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Olivia Manning ranks 329. Before her are Abdulla Aliş, Birago Diop, Mary Welsh Hemingway, Tauno Palo, Corneliu Robe, and José Antonio Remón Cantera. After her are Mikhail Somov, Félix Welkenhuysen, Numa Andoire, Sigmund Haringer, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, and Merna Kennedy. Among people deceased in 1980, Olivia Manning ranks 245. Before her are Barbara Loden, José Muguerza, Enrique Hertzog, Wilhelmina Cooper, Nils Skoglund, and Frank Wykoff. After her are Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Félix Welkenhuysen, Paavo Yrjölä, Isabel Briggs Myers, Larry Williams, and Jacob Miller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Olivia Manning ranks 4,108 out of 8,785. Before her are Robert Newton (1905), George Larner (1875), Ashley Montagu (1905), Duncan Jones (1971), David Pegg (1935), and Stephen Graham (1973). After her are Nathalie Emmanuel (1989), William John Burchell (1781), Stephen Mangan (1968), Spencer Davis (1939), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), and Jane Ellen Harrison (1850).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Olivia Manning ranks 460. Before her are Ali Smith (1962), Richard Llewellyn (1906), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), and William Harrison Ainsworth (1805). After her are Mary Sidney (1561), John Clare (1793), Dan Houser (1974), Richard Hoggart (1918), Kate Atkinson (1951), and William Muir (1819).

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