WRITER

Thea Beckman

1923 - 2004

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Theodora Beckmann (née Petie; 23 July 1923 – 5 May 2004), better known by her pen name Thea Beckman, was a Dutch author of children's books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thea Beckman has received more than 55,770 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thea Beckman is the 5,288th most popular writer (down from 4,784th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Dutch Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Wij zijn wegwerpkinderen
1981
Hasse Simonsdochter
1983
Kreuzzug in Jeans.
1996
Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
Rudolf Wega belandt door een tijdmachine plotseling in de kinderkruistocht van 1212. Omdat hij niet meer terug kan naar de 20e eeuw besluit hij de ongeveer 8000 kinderen te volgen op hun gevaarlijke tocht over de Alpen naar Genua, waar een wonder zal gebeuren.
1973
Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Children's Crusade, 1212
A young boy who volunteers to travel through time to the Middle Ages arrives during the Children's Crusade and is caught in its momentum.
1975
De Stomme van Kampen
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thea Beckman ranks 5,288 out of 7,302. Before her are Semir Osmanagić, Marguerite Audoux, R. M. Ballantyne, Fritz von Unruh, Magdi Allam, and Joël Dicker. After her are Diane di Prima, Sergey Gorodetsky, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Duygu Asena, Halina Poświatowska, and Joanne Harris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Thea Beckman ranks 363. Before her are Gerrit Voorting, Murray Walker, Donald Nicol, Liviu Ciulei, Lidiya Vertinskaya, and Ken Kavanagh. After her are Břetislav Pojar, Brian Naylor, Roy Dotrice, Halfdan T. Mahler, Elizabeth Hawley, and Piero D'Inzeo. Among people deceased in 2004, Thea Beckman ranks 243. Before her are Gerrie Knetemann, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Quorthon, Natalya Baranskaya, Kamisese Mara, and Jan Sterling. After her are Marcelo González Martín, Mykola Rudenko, Mochtar Lubis, Carl Raddatz, Germano de Figueiredo, and Tini Wagner.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Thea Beckman ranks 812 out of 1,646. Before her are Henriette Roland Holst (1869), Gerrit Voorting (1923), Adrie van Kraay (1953), Bep van Klaveren (1907), Foppe de Haan (1943), and Wilhelmina Cooper (1939). After her are Bas Dost (1989), Guido Imbens (1963), John van den Brom (1966), Jan de Hartog (1914), Azra Akın (1981), and Edo de Waart (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Thea Beckman ranks 45. Before her are Herman Heijermans (1864), Willem Bilderdijk (1756), Nicolaas Beets (1814), Albert Mol (1917), Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860), and Henriette Roland Holst (1869). After her are Jan de Hartog (1914), Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Remco Campert (1929), Fedde Schurer (1898), J. Bernlef (1937), and Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881).

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