WRITER

Seán O'Casey

1880 - 1964

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Seán O'Casey (Irish: Seán Ó Cathasaigh [ˈʃaːn̪ˠ oː ˈkahəsˠiː]; born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seán O'Casey has received more than 606,734 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Seán O'Casey is the 4,273rd most popular writer (down from 4,167th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Autobiographies
Biography, Childhood and youth, Irish Dramatists
1963
Pictures in the hallway
Authors, Irish, Biography, Dramatists, Irish
1942
The plough and the stars
Drama, Scripts, English drama
its a great piece of writing depicting some of the Irish culture in art
1926
Sunset and evening star
Authors, Irish, Biography, Dramatists, Irish
1954
I knock at the door
Irish Dramatists, Biography
1939
Plays
Drama
1957

Page views of Seán O'Caseys by language

Over the past year Seán O'Casey has had the most page views in the with 91,455 views, followed by Persian (3,964), and Russian (3,276). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tatar (66.55%), Serbo-Croatian (64.49%), and Catalan (52.69%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Seán O'Casey ranks 4,273 out of 7,302. Before him are Roy Jacobsen, Vladislav Khodasevich, Ciro Alegría, Theodore Abu Qurrah, Chen Zi'ang, and Luise Rinser. After him are Julius Zeyer, Steen Steensen Blicher, Marcel Arland, Richard Hakluyt, Herbert W. Franke, and Malika Oufkir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Seán O'Casey ranks 147. Before him are Conrad Albrecht, Agha Petros, Jacob Epstein, Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, Thomas H. Ince, and Jesse L. Lasky. After him are Oswald Veblen, Fred Alexander, Louis Hémon, Viggo Larsen, Radclyffe Hall, and Lawrence Oates. Among people deceased in 1964, Seán O'Casey ranks 127. Before him are Ólafur Thors, Anita Malfatti, Alfred Blalock, Jim Reeves, Jan de Vries, and Giuseppe Amato. After him are Sophie Liebknecht, Peter Romanovsky, Frederick Grace, Henri Grégoire, Clive Bell, and Lauge Koch.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Seán O'Casey ranks 177 out of 549. Before him are Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), Patrick Hillery (1923), Enda Kenny (1951), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Catald (700), and Pat McDonald (1878). After him are Maeve Binchy (1939), William Trevor (1928), Colm Tóibín (1955), Luke Kelly (1940), Jason O'Mara (1972), and Richard Kirwan (1733).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Seán O'Casey ranks 27. Before him are Cornelius Ryan (1920), John Boyne (1971), Edna O'Brien (1930), Brendan Behan (1923), Jane Wilde (1821), and Elizabeth Bowen (1899). After him are Maeve Binchy (1939), William Trevor (1928), Colm Tóibín (1955), Richard Steele (1672), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), and Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852).

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