WRITER

Polly Samson

1962 - Today

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Polly Samson (born 29 April 1962) is an English novelist, lyricist and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polly Samson has received more than 1,280,539 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Polly Samson is the 6,282nd most popular writer (down from 5,766th in 2019), the 5,353rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,082nd in 2019) and the 608th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Stell dir vor
2001
Kissenschlacht. Geschichten von Männern und Frauen
2000
Out of the Picture
2002
Lying in bed
Deception, Fiction
2010

Page views of Polly Samsons by language

Over the past year Polly Samson has had the most page views in the with 174,308 views, followed by German (13,889), and French (13,467). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (166.67%), Esperanto (63.08%), and Catalan (39.18%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Polly Samson ranks 6,282 out of 7,302. Before her are Fareed Zakaria, Ben Okri, Caroline Norton, John Clellon Holmes, Alexei Panshin, and Charlotte Smith. After her are Rami Saari, P. C. Cast, Susan Glaspell, Karel Schoeman, Richard A. Knaak, and Mathias Énard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Polly Samson ranks 481. Before her are Samuel Maoz, Jean-Paul van Poppel, Campino, Brian Holm, Hannes Holm, and Andreas Felder. After her are George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, Jeff Dunham, Arnold Scholten, Seiji Maehara, Yevgeny Roizman, and Corrado Lorefice.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Polly Samson ranks 5,353 out of 8,785. Before her are Caroline Norton (1808), Ian Wallace (1946), Charlotte Smith (1749), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967), Clare Higgins (1955), and Shaun Evans (1980). After her are Steve O'Rourke (1940), Mark Drakeford (1954), Jan Morris (1926), Justin Wilson (1978), Alesha Dixon (1978), and Sajid Javid (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Polly Samson ranks 608. Before her are Derek Taylor (1932), George Farquhar (1677), Howard Jacobson (1942), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Caroline Norton (1808), and Charlotte Smith (1749). After her are Naomi Mitchison (1897), Lascelles Abercrombie (1881), Caryl Churchill (1938), Joanna Baillie (1762), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), and Brian Moore (1921).

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