WRITER

Peter S. Beagle

1939 - Today

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Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968) which Locus subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987. During the last twenty-five years he has won several literary awards, including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter S. Beagle has received more than 378,677 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Peter S. Beagle is the 5,048th most popular writer (down from 4,931st in 2019), the 7,104th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,295th in 2019) and the 564th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Last Unicorn
Unicorns, Fiction, Legends and stories
1968
I See by My Outfit
Overland journeys to the Pacific, Description and travel, Motorcycling
1965
A Fine and Private Place
Ghost stories
1960
The Fantasy Hall of Fame
Trouble with water / H.L. Gold -- Nothing in the rules / L. Sprague de Camp -- Fruit of knowledge / C.L. Moore -- Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges -- Compleat werewolf / Anthony Boucher -- Small assassin / Ray Bradbury -- [Lottery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3171085W/Lottery) / Shirley Jackson -- Our fair city / Robert A. Heinlein -- There shall be no darkness / James Blish -- Loom of darkness / Jack Vance -- Man who sold rope to the gnoles / Margaret St. Clair -- Silken-swift / Theodore Sturgeon -- Golem / Avram Davidson -- Operation afreet / Poul Anderson -- That hell-bound train / Robert Bloch -- Bazaar of the bizarre / Fritz Leiber -- Come lady death / Peter S. Beagle -- Drowned giant / J.G. Ballard -- Narrow valley / R.A. Lafferty -- Faith of our fathers / Philip K. Dick -- Ghost of a Model T / Clifford D. Simak -- Demoness / Tanith Lee -- Jeffty is five / Harlan Ellison -- Detective of dreams / Gene Wolfe -- Unicorn variations / Roger Zelazny -- Basileus / Robert Silverberg -- Jaguar Hunter / Lucius Shepard -- Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Bears discover fire / Terry Bisson -- Tower of Babylon / Ted Chiang.
1985
Tamsin
Fiction
1999
The garden of earthly delights
1982

Page views of Peter S. Beagles by language

Over the past year Peter S. Beagle has had the most page views in the with 50,931 views, followed by German (7,418), and Russian (3,289). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (2,456.00%), Egyptian Arabic (103.05%), and Italian (51.51%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter S. Beagle ranks 5,048 out of 7,302. Before him are Karolina Světlá, Han Yong-un, Chris Van Allsburg, René Maran, Jean Aicard, and Walter J. Ong. After him are Naomi Klein, Mahmud Taymur, Arvid August Afzelius, Martín Luis Guzmán, Mikalojus Daukša, and Frank O'Hara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Peter S. Beagle ranks 409. Before him are Alberto Suárez Inda, Tom Hayden, Odd Børre, Dario Campeotto, John F. MacArthur, and Ian Hunter. After him are Harry Reid, Luther Allison, Fred Schepisi, Shu Kamo, Madalena Iglésias, and Anthony D. Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter S. Beagle ranks 7,104 out of 20,380. Before him are Krysten Ritter (1981), Regis Philbin (1931), John C. Slater (1900), Larry O'Brien (1917), Larry Lieber (1931), and Walter J. Ong (1912). After him are Bruce Glover (1932), Kay Sage (1898), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Alexandra Hedison (1969), and Rose Marie (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter S. Beagle ranks 564. Before him are Sidney Howard (1891), Joanna Russ (1937), Paul Theroux (1941), William Gibson (1914), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), and Walter J. Ong (1912). After him are Frank O'Hara (1926), Michael Cristofer (1945), Stephen Hunter (1946), Elaine May (1932), David Belasco (1853), and John O'Hara (1905).

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