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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 803,090 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Stephen Spender is the 5,636th most popular writer (down from 5,368th in 2019), the 4,348th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,369th in 2019) and the 490th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stephen Spender ranks 5,636 out of 7,302. Before him are Oliverio Girondo, Christoph Hein, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Anna Louisa Karsch, André Dhôtel, and Wolfgang Hohlbein. After him are Olavi Paavolainen, Karin Slaughter, Jerry Falwell, Masih Alinejad, Eugène Dabit, and Zitkala-Sa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stephen Spender ranks 352. Before him are Michio Mado, Alex Raymond, Gregorio Blasco, Karel Burkert, Vlasta Děkanová, and Sabir Yunusov. After him are Archie Cochrane, Colin Munro MacLeod, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Robert Burks, Mohamed Latif, and Eleanor Garatti. Among people deceased in 1995, Stephen Spender ranks 272. Before him are Margaret Woodbridge, Paul A. Rothchild, José Luis González Dávila, Phil Harris, Maino Neri, and Sabir Yunusov. After him are Don Patinkin, Iosif Kheifits, Giovanni Giacomazzi, Torfi Bryngeirsson, T. Keith Glennan, and Rauf Hajiyev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Spender ranks 4,348 out of 8,785. Before him are William Henry Dean (1887), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Michael Crawford (1942), Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Thomas Henderson (1798), and Simon Donaldson (1957). After him are Conleth Hill (1964), James Corden (1978), Adam Godley (1964), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), and Boz Burrell (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Stephen Spender ranks 490. Before him are Aubrey de Grey (1963), George Lillo (1691), Mark Haddon (1962), Terence Rattigan (1911), John Gardner (1926), and Richard D. Ryder (1940). After him are George William Russell (1867), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), and William Michael Rossetti (1829).

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