WRITER

Pat Barker

1943 - Today

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Patricia Mary W. Barker, , Hon FBA (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat Barker has received more than 467,891 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Pat Barker is the 4,956th most popular writer (up from 5,405th in 2019), the 3,606th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,412th in 2019) and the 413th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pat Barker ranks 4,956 out of 7,302. Before her are Mato Kósyk, Mari Jungstedt, Michel Tremblay, František Halas, Paula Fox, and Alain Bosquet. After her are Robert Hugh Benson, Henry Monnier, Alexander Vampilov, Eben Alexander, Vesna Parun, and Kostas Varnalis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Pat Barker ranks 470. Before her are Urszula Dudziak, Lasse Holm, Marilynne Robinson, Elizabeth Hartman, Safi Faye, and Hélène Vincent. After her are Burt Rutan, Charles H. Bennett, Steve Miller, Ron Geesin, Martha Rosler, and Gary Wright.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pat Barker ranks 3,606 out of 8,785. Before her are Kay Kendall (1927), John Taylor (1808), Amelia Edwards (1831), Phil Neal (1951), Ken Stott (1954), and Bill Roberts (1912). After her are Jimmy White (1962), Aldhelm (639), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Robert Douglas (1909), Louis Fraser (1810), and G. M. Trevelyan (1876).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Pat Barker ranks 413. Before her are Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Jonathan Coe (1961), Richard Bentley (1662), Sam Houser (1972), Piers Anthony (1934), and Amelia Edwards (1831). After her are Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Thomas Dekker (1572), Richard Hughes (1900), A. E. Housman (1859), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), and Eleanor Farjeon (1881).

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