WRITER

Rosamunde Pilcher

1924 - 2019

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Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (née Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Early in her career she was published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosamunde Pilcher has received more than 738,954 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Rosamunde Pilcher is the 1,252nd most popular writer (down from 1,080th in 2019), the 935th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 863rd in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Writer.

Rosamunde Pilcher is most famous for her novels that are set in the Scottish Highlands.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Under Gemini
1976
The shell seekers
1987
The Day of the Storm
1975
September
Domestic fiction
As spring comes to Scotland and the hills burst into life, a dance is planned for September. The invitations summon home the group of people Violet Aird has cared for most in her long life. The oldest, strongest and wisest of them all, she sees Alexa, her vulnerable granddaughter, find love for the first time, while the decision to send her little grandson away to school is driving parents Edmund and Virginia even further apart. Far from them all is Pandora, the glamorous, exciting girl who ran away twenty years before. All will converge on Scotland this September.
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Sleeping Tiger
Spain
1967
Another view
1969

Page views of Rosamunde Pilchers by language

Over the past year Rosamunde Pilcher has had the most page views in the with 112,616 views, followed by German (98,598), and Italian (23,475). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (176.13%), Simple English (116.98%), and Serbian (114.49%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 1,252 out of 7,302. Before her are Publilius Syrus, Arthur Hailey, Samuel Pepys, Symeon the New Theologian, James Patterson, and Elsa Triolet. After her are Claudio Magris, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Irving Stone, Bâkî, Alexander Afanasyev, and Clive Cussler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 70. Before her are Hermann Buhl, Madame Nhu, Georges Prêtre, Roberts Blossom, Tomiichi Murayama, and Antoni Ramallets. After her are Eva Marie Saint, Eduardo Chillida, Moktar Ould Daddah, David Bronstein, Kim Song-ae, and Lee Iacocca. Among people deceased in 2019, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 68. Before her are Henri, Count of Paris, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Yury Luzhkov, Matti Nykänen, and Michael Atiyah. After her are Alicia Alonso, Ratko Janev, Paul Greengard, Dragoslav Šekularac, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Vladimir Bukovsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 935 out of 8,785. Before her are Karl Jenkins (1944), Samuel Pepys (1633), John Harvard (1607), Carol Reed (1906), Duncan Edwards (1936), and Michael Atiyah (1929). After her are Thomas Lipton (1848), Orlando Bloom (1977), Richard Stone (1913), Guy Ritchie (1968), Arthur Drewry (1891), and Steve Harris (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 113. Before her are Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James Anderson (1680), David Irving (1938), John Dryden (1631), Arthur Hailey (1920), and Samuel Pepys (1633). After her are Lobsang Rampa (1910), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Alma Reville (1899), Matthew Lewis (1775), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), and Neil Gaiman (1960).

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