WRITER

Quentin Crisp

1908 - 1999

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Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; (1908-12-25)25 December 1908 – (1999-11-21)21 November 1999) was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of his most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant. He afterwards became a gay icon due to his flamboyant personality, fashion sense, and wit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quentin Crisp has received more than 1,540,862 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Quentin Crisp is the 4,446th most popular writer (down from 4,043rd in 2019), the 3,174th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,984th in 2019) and the 360th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The naked civil servant
Biografía, Biography, English Humorists
1968
Manners from Heaven
Etiquette
1984
How to become a virgin
Authors, English, Biography, English Authors
1981
The wit and wisdom of Quentin Crisp
English Quotations, Quotations
1984
How to have a life-style
Social history, Miscellanea, Self-realization
1975
How to go to the movies
Motion pictures, Reviews, Moving-pictures
A collection of Crisp's witty and perceptive movie reviews for *Christopher Street*.
1989

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Quentin Crisp ranks 4,446 out of 7,302. Before her are Pierre Emmanuel, Louis Paul Boon, Mervyn Peake, Hans Henny Jahnn, Alain de Botton, and Rosemary Sutcliff. After her are Arthur Ransome, Olaf Bull, Sāyaṇa, Ariel Dorfman, Gudrun Pausewang, and Severus Sanctus Endelechius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Quentin Crisp ranks 244. Before her are Mohammad Natsir, Jagjivan Ram, Winston Graham, Władysław Raginis, Kristjan Palusalu, and Frol Kozlov. After her are Devika Rani, Raymond Scott, Nils Poppe, Hu Die, Erich Srbek, and Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling. Among people deceased in 1999, Quentin Crisp ranks 172. Before her are Johannes Käbin, Annibale Frossi, Fritz Honegger, Robert Mills, Ellen Corby, and Teuvo Aura. After her are John Bromwich, Greg, Jürgen Moser, Olga Orozco, David A. Huffman, and Giuseppe Delfino.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Quentin Crisp ranks 3,174 out of 8,785. Before her are Jack Goody (1919), John Colet (1467), Charles Lee (1731), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Kenneth Cranham (1944), and Arthur Russell (1886). After her are Arthur Ransome (1884), Alan Bullock (1914), Robert Stephens (1931), Steve Bloomer (1874), Anne Treisman (1935), and Mary Toft (1703).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Quentin Crisp ranks 360. Before her are Robert Chambers (1802), Graham Swift (1949), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Philip Reeve (1966), Sophie Kinsella (1969), and Rosemary Sutcliff (1920). After her are Arthur Ransome (1884), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Robert Greene (1558), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Walter Savage Landor (1775), and Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810).

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