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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, comprising The Childermass (1928), Monstre Gai (1955) and Malign Fiesta (1955). A fourth volume, The Trial of Man, remained unfinished upon his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wyndham Lewis is the 5,303rd most popular writer (down from 5,072nd in 2019), the 459th most popular biography from Canada (down from 381st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wyndham Lewis ranks 5,303 out of 7,302Before him are Maurice Carême, Alfonso Sastre, Norman Smith, Granius Licinianus, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, and Ludwig Thoma. After him are Mateja Matevski, Theodora Kroeber, Richard Wagner, Alain Bosquet, Duncan Regehr, and Luiza Pesjak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Wyndham Lewis ranks 234Before him are Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Pierre Allemane, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Emil Filla, Robert Kerr, and Daniel Frank. After him are Ödön Bodor, André Rischmann, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, C. E. Ruthenberg, Bidhan Chandra Roy, and Oswald Holmberg. Among people deceased in 1957, Wyndham Lewis ranks 188Before him are Zenón Noriega Agüero, José Patricio Guggiari, Gaston Aumoitte, Percy Hobart, Ernesto Chaparro, and Mark Aldanov. After him are Julia Morgan, James M. Cox, Guillaume Grandidier, William Murrill, Grigory Landsberg, and Ken Wharton.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wyndham Lewis ranks 459 out of 1,622Before him are Donald Arnold (1935), Katherine DeMille (1911), Daniel Lanois (1951), Monique Mercure (1930), Matt Craven (1956), and Steven Ogg (1973). After him are Duncan Regehr (1952), Rae Dawn Chong (1961), Marcel Dionne (1951), Billy Bishop (1894), Richard Manuel (1943), and George Romanes (1848).

Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Wyndham Lewis ranks 30Before him are Nancy Huston (1953), Grant Allen (1848), Steven Erikson (1959), Justine Musk (1972), Mordecai Richler (1931), and Michel Tremblay (1942). After him are Duncan Regehr (1952), Mark Strand (1934), Sven Delblanc (1931), Robertson Davies (1913), Élie Blanchard (1881), and Guy Gavriel Kay (1954).