WRITER

Rosemary Sutcliff

1920 - 1992

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Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novels were specifically written for adults. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosemary Sutcliff has received more than 373,623 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rosemary Sutcliff is the 4,445th most popular writer (down from 4,106th in 2019), the 3,171st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,019th in 2019) and the 359th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The lantern bearers
Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction
Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes. Historical fiction.
1959
The eagle of the ninth
Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Juvenile literature
A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command.
1954
Tristan and Iseult
Tristan (Legendary character), Adaptations, Celts
Retells the Celtic legend of the love between the warrior Tristan and Iseult, the wife of King Marc of Cornwall.
1971
The rider of the white horse
1959
The Sword and the Circle
Folklore, Arthurian romances, Knights and knighthood
1981
Black Ships Before Troy
Greek Mythology, Juvenile literature, Mythology, Greek
Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy.
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 4,445 out of 7,302. Before her are Johann David Wyss, Pierre Emmanuel, Louis Paul Boon, Mervyn Peake, Hans Henny Jahnn, and Alain de Botton. After her are Quentin Crisp, Arthur Ransome, Olaf Bull, Sāyaṇa, Ariel Dorfman, and Gudrun Pausewang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 282. Before her are Benoîte Groult, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Bruno Ruffo, Chushiro Hayashi, Georges Balandier, and Ehsan Yarshater. After her are Helen Thomas, Richard N. Frye, Reginald Rose, Olga Orozco, Clemar Bucci, and Denver Pyle. Among people deceased in 1992, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 171. Before her are André Vandewyer, John Ireland, Vakhtang Chabukiani, Jean Poiret, Buddy Rogers, and Kathleen McKane Godfree. After her are Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Iuliu Bodola, Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Olmo, David Miller, and James Van Fleet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 3,171 out of 8,785. Before her are John Steiner (1941), Clive Bell (1881), Sophie Kinsella (1969), Jack Goody (1919), John Colet (1467), and Charles Lee (1731). After her are Kenneth Cranham (1944), Arthur Russell (1886), Quentin Crisp (1908), Arthur Ransome (1884), Alan Bullock (1914), and Robert Stephens (1931).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 359. Before her are Anne Bradstreet (1612), Robert Chambers (1802), Graham Swift (1949), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Philip Reeve (1966), and Sophie Kinsella (1969). After her are Quentin Crisp (1908), Arthur Ransome (1884), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Robert Greene (1558), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), and Walter Savage Landor (1775).

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