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Wyndham Lewis

1882 - 1957

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Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited BLAST, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr (1916–17) and The Human Age trilogy, composed of The Childermass (1928), Monstre Gai (1955) and Malign Fiesta (1955). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wyndham Lewis has received more than 630,760 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Wyndham Lewis is the 5,072nd most popular writer (down from 4,641st in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Canada (down from 356th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 630k

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  • 47.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

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

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Wyndham Lewis ranks 222. Before him are Marie Doro, Jess McMahon, Alexandre Schaumasse, Edmund Dulac, Péter Tóth, and Ion Agârbiceanu. After him are Mykolas Biržiška, Vladimir Dimitrov, Oswald Holmberg, Eric Gill, Karel Domin, and Jimmy Hogan. Among people deceased in 1957, Wyndham Lewis ranks 174. Before him are Robert Lowie, Maurice McLoughlin, Patrick Abercrombie, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Roger Vercel, and Mikhail Gnessin. After him are Carl Størmer, Percy Hobart, Devdas Gandhi, Anna Haava, Alfredo Gollini, and Ken Wharton.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wyndham Lewis ranks 380 out of 1,622. Before him are David Reimer (1965), David Baszucki (1963), Jessalyn Gilsig (1971), Naomi Klein (1970), Kelly Rowan (1965), and Feist (1976). After him are Frances Bay (1919), Mychael Danna (1958), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Louise Arbour (1947), August Ames (1994), and Jack Pickford (1896).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Wyndham Lewis ranks 26. Before him are Duncan Regehr (1952), Émile Nelligan (1879), Nancy Huston (1953), Steven Erikson (1959), Michel Tremblay (1942), and Naomi Klein (1970). After him are Harold Russell (1914), Grant Allen (1848), Justine Musk (1972), Robertson Davies (1913), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), and Antonine Maillet (1929).

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