WRITER

Ruth Park

1917 - 2010

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Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 1917 – 14 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Park has received more than 132,674 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Park is the 6,937th most popular writer (down from 6,275th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 149th in 2019) and the 9th most popular New Zealander Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The harp in the south
Fiction in English, Fiction
very good
1948
My Sister Sif
Fiction, Mermaids, Mermen
Fourteen-year-old Riko manages to get her delicate older sister Sif and herself to their remote Pacific island home, where an American scientist who falls in love with Sif and discovers her connection with an underwater race creates complications in Riko's life.
1986
Click
Photojournalism, Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile fiction
Stories within a story, written as separate chapters by ten juvenile authors including Linda Sue Park, Eoin Colfer, and Tim Wynne-Jones, reveal the adventurous life and legacy of George "Gee" Keane, a photojournalist and world traveler
2007
Missus
Fiction, Irish, History
1985
Playing Beatie Bow
Fiction, Family life, Space and time
A lonely Australian girl from a divided family is transported back to the 1880's and an immigrant family from the Orkney Islands.
1980
The witch's thorn
1951

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruth Park ranks 6,937 out of 7,302. Before her are Irshad Manji, Meghan McCain, Alfred Gough, Jeff VanderMeer, Ayu Utami, and Cyprian Ekwensi. After her are Sara Shepard, Samanta Schweblin, Mona Eltahawy, Ram Swarup, Carl Hiaasen, and Charles Frazier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Ruth Park ranks 351. Before her are Anton Coppola, Lucille Bremer, Virginia Field, Lorna Gray, Kay Aldridge, and Ken Downing. After her are Marjorie Reynolds, Robert Anderson, Googie Withers, Faye Emerson, Cahal Daly, and Terry Sanford. Among people deceased in 2010, Ruth Park ranks 484. Before her are Abdolmalek Rigi, Dorothy Height, Larry Evans, Massamasso Tchangai, Nalini Jaywant, and Mark Linkous. After her are Frances Reid, Aleksander Szczygło, Fatima Meer, Yvette Vickers, Wayne Collett, and Edwin Morgan.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Ruth Park ranks 152 out of 303. Before her are Marilyn Waring (1952), Neroli Fairhall (1944), Liam Lawson (2002), Bill Rowling (1927), Whina Cooper (1895), and Brendon Hartley (1989). After her are Rachel Hunter (1969), Jay Ryan (1981), Nick Willis (1983), Mark Paston (1976), Sonny Bill Williams (1985), and Gina Bellman (1966).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Ruth Park ranks 9. Before her are Janet Frame (1924), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), Margaret Mahy (1936), Keri Hulme (1947), and Anthony McCarten (1961). After her are Philippa Boyens (2000).

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