WRITER

Thomas Keneally

1935 - Today

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Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Keneally has received more than 706,741 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Thomas Keneally is the 1,849th most popular writer (up from 2,139th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Australia (up from 67th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 62.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Keneally ranks 1,849 out of 7,302. Before him are Feng Menglong, Edmond Jabès, Hipponax, Paul Gerhardt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Caecilius Statius. After him are Mustafa Balel, Cesare Zavattini, Per Wahlöö, Zinaida Gippius, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, and Anne Sexton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Thomas Keneally ranks 114. Before him are Michael Walzer, Nikos Sampson, Paula Rego, Ján Popluhár, John Phillips, and Luboš Kohoutek. After him are Azzedine Alaïa, Richard Kuklinski, Bruno Sammartino, Jan Saudek, André Brink, and Jerry Orbach.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Thomas Keneally ranks 59 out of 1,143. Before him are Flea (1962), Edward Cassidy (1924), Simon Baker (1969), Luís Vaz de Torres (1565), Rhonda Byrne (1945), and Coral Buttsworth (1900). After him are John Newcombe (1944), Cassandra Harris (1948), Michael Hutchence (1960), Ken Rosewall (1934), Annette Kellermann (1887), and Nellie Melba (1861).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Thomas Keneally ranks 5. Before him are Colleen McCullough (1937), P. L. Travers (1899), James Clavell (1921), and Rhonda Byrne (1945). After him are Annette Kellermann (1887), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), Banjo Paterson (1864), and John Flanagan (1944).

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