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Ruth Park

1917 - 2010

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Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 1917 – 14 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South (1948) and Playing Beatie Bow (1980), and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1951–1970), which also spawned a book series (1962–1982). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Ruth Park is the 7,016th most popular writer (down from 6,940th in 2024), the 170th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 154th in 2019) and the 10th most popular New Zealander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruth Park ranks 7,020 out of 7,302. Before her are Kate DiCamillo, Anne Waldman, Raymond Benson, Ken Liu, Kenneth Turan, Hana Andronikova, Mariam Petrosyan, Kossi Efoui, Samanta Schweblin, and Joy Harjo. After her are Sandi Toksvig, and Gonzalo Lira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Ruth Park ranks 353. Before her are Kay Aldridge, Virginia Field, Cahal Daly, Bill Clements, Claudia McNeil, and Lorna Gray. After her are Lucille Bremer, Terry Sanford, Googie Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Faye Emerson, and Billy Allen. Among people deceased in 2010, Ruth Park ranks 494. Before her are Adele Mara, Nalini Jaywant, Kipkemboi Kimeli, Antonio Pettigrew, Frank Giering, and Kage Baker. After her are Abdolmalek Rigi, Frances Reid, Aleksander Szczygło, Wayne Collett, Lucille Clifton, and Obaidullah Akhund.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Ruth Park ranks 170 out of 303. Before her are Nanaia Mahuta (1970), Sarah McLeod (1971), Bill Rowling (1927), Lucky Diamond Rich (1971), Rachel Hunter (1969), and Brendon Hartley (1989). After her are Greg Henderson (1976), Gina Bellman (1966), Dan Carter (1982), Laura Dekker (1995), Kimbra (1990), and Bevan Docherty (1977).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Ruth Park ranks 10. Before her are Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), Keri Hulme (1947), Margaret Mahy (1936), Philippa Boyens (2000), and Anthony McCarten (1961).

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