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Stephen Spender

1909 - 1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Spender has received more than 745,897 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Stephen Spender is the 5,387th most popular writer (down from 4,550th in 2019), the 4,378th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,530th in 2019) and the 489th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stephen Spender ranks 5,387 out of 5,755Before him are Hallgrímur Helgason, Antonín Sova, Peter Hacks, Avram Davidson, Brigitte Reimann, and Dorrit Willumsen. After him are Diane Ackerman, Sarah Waters, Thomas Hughes, Kevin J. Anderson, Edward Abbey, and Peter Seeberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stephen Spender ranks 313Before him are Moshe Castel, Vivian Vance, Carla Laemmle, Milt Kahl, Philip G. Epstein, and Georges Verriest. After him are Robert Défossé, Frances Dee, Marcel Balsa, Anatoly Maltsev, Willi Horn, and Federico Wilde. Among people deceased in 1995, Stephen Spender ranks 257Before him are Giorgio Bocchino, Nida Senff, George Abbott, Edmondo Fabbri, Maino Neri, and Godfrey Brown. After him are René Lemoine, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Red Amick, Giovanni Giacomazzi, Bryan Johnson, and Harry Golombek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Spender ranks 4,378 out of 7,765Before him are David Bedford (1937), Daniel Sturridge (1989), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Tracey Ullman (1959), Murray Rose (1939), and Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951). After him are Sarah Waters (1966), Thomas Hughes (1822), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), William Beechey (1753), and Denis Lawson (1947).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Stephen Spender ranks 489Before him are Martin Litchfield West (1937), Thomas Campbell (1777), Piers Anthony (1934), Stephen Leacock (1869), Kim Newman (1959), and Robert Edmond Grant (1793). After him are Sarah Waters (1966), Thomas Hughes (1822), Darren Shan (1972), Joe Orton (1933), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), and Pat Barker (1943).