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Paula Fox

1923 - 2017

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Paula Fox (April 22, 1923 – March 1, 2017) was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. For her contributions as a children's writer she won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978, the highest international recognition for a creator of children's books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paula Fox has received more than 1,036,169 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Paula Fox is the 3,854th most popular writer (up from 3,994th in 2019), the 5,169th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,493rd in 2019) and the 433rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paula Fox ranks 3,854 out of 5,755. Before her are Louis Paul Boon, Ida Vitale, Fernando del Paso, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Frik, and Françoise d'Eaubonne. After her are Yashpal, Frans Michael Franzén, Yusuf Idris, Iwan Bloch, Joachim Ringelnatz, and Manuel José Quintana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Paula Fox ranks 238. Before her are Naziha al-Dulaimi, Betsy Blair, Rudolf Augstein, Jamshid Amouzegar, Ida Vitale, and James Arness. After her are Devan Nair, Mikhail Yegorov, Nora Brockstedt, Murray Hamilton, Bryce DeWitt, and Paul Xuereb. Among people deceased in 2017, Paula Fox ranks 258. Before her are Ángel Berni, Ricardo Piglia, Chiquito de la Calzada, Ernst Zündel, Nicky Hayden, and Teresa Ann Savoy. After her are Alois Mock, Vitaly Churkin, Jaki Liebezeit, Robert Taylor, Barry Dennen, and Victor Lanoux.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paula Fox ranks 5,169 out of 18,182. Before her are Quanah Parker (1845), Dennis Franz (1944), James Arness (1923), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Robert Cummings (1910), and Jim Davis (1945). After her are Terry Bozzio (1950), Katherine Kelly Lang (1961), William Henry Conley (1840), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), Phil Anselmo (1968), and Ed Begley (1901).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paula Fox ranks 433. Before her are Maxwell Anderson (1888), Bret Harte (1836), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), James Redfield (1950), Aaron Sorkin (1961), and Peter Straub (1943). After her are Nathanael West (1903), T. C. Boyle (1948), Ida B. Wells (1862), Mona Simpson (1957), Leigh Brackett (1915), and Mike Resnick (1942).

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