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Tanith Lee

1947 - 2015

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Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror. She also wrote a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tanith Lee has received more than 338,337 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tanith Lee is the 5,072nd most popular writer (down from 4,205th in 2019), the 3,746th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,103rd in 2019) and the 428th most popular British Writer.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tanith Lee ranks 5,072 out of 7,302. Before her are Edwin Atherstone, Heinrich Laube, Michael Cristofer, Cynewulf, Stephen Hunter, and Ion Agârbiceanu. After her are Wyndham Lewis, Hermann Kant, František Čelakovský, Mark Dvoretsky, Ghazaros Aghayan, and Leslie Charteris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Tanith Lee ranks 537. Before her are Malcolm Ranjith, Fabián Alarcón, Menachem Bello, James Rumbaugh, Firmine Richard, and Robert Hays. After her are Mark Dvoretsky, Timothy B. Schmit, Steve Forbes, Robin Dunbar, Meredith Baxter, and Louise Arbour. Among people deceased in 2015, Tanith Lee ranks 327. Before her are Ángel Atienza, Friedrich L. Bauer, Mwepu Ilunga, Gregory Walcott, Marília Pêra, and Johan Ferner. After her are Jean-Claude Turcotte, Martin Gilbert, Ron Moody, Csaba Fenyvesi, Mate Trojanović, and Jacques Parizeau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tanith Lee ranks 3,746 out of 8,785. Before her are Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), Matthew Parker (1504), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Joe Wright (1972), Ninian (360), and Cynewulf (900). After her are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Steve Redgrave (1962), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Robin Dunbar (1947), and Max Beerbohm (1872).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tanith Lee ranks 428. Before her are Michael Hirst (1952), Joyce Mansour (1928), John Gower (1330), Eliza Acton (1799), Edwin Atherstone (1788), and Cynewulf (900). After her are Max Beerbohm (1872), William Davenant (1606), George Borrow (1803), Jonathan Stroud (1970), Anne V. Coates (1925), and Elizabeth Goudge (1900).

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