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William Gaddis

American novelist

1922 - 1998

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His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). William Gaddis is the 4,275th most popular writer (up from 4,361st in 2024), the 6,338th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,828th in 2019) and the 479th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, William Gaddis ranks 4,275 out of 7,302. Before him are Sándor Weöres, Hadiya Davletshina, Lyuben Karavelov, Anne Tyler, Emmanuel Roblès, and Pauline Kael. After him are Samih al-Qasim, Thorkild Hansen, Margaret Weis, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Orientius, and Ōtomo no Tabito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, William Gaddis ranks 270. Before him are Daniel Boulanger, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Võ Văn Kiệt, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Jock Stein, and Miloš Kopecký. After him are Károly Németh, Hal Clement, China Zorrilla, Leonel Brizola, Ruby Dee, and Rosalio José Castillo Lara. Among people deceased in 1998, William Gaddis ranks 193. Before him are Raquel Rastenni, Odette Bancilhon, André Bonin, Christiane Rochefort, Gene Autry, and Louis Hostin. After him are Mikio Oda, Marion Donovan, Manuel Álvarez, Maurice Schumann, Johannes Kotkas, and Wanda Jakubowska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 6,338 out of NaN. Before him are Anne Tyler (1941), Grant Green (1935), Carl Scarborough (1914), Pauline Kael (1919), Kathy Ellis (1946), and James Blake (1979). After him are Shirley Booth (1898), Tucker Carlson (1969), Melanie Martinez (1995), Charles Shyer (1951), Verne Troyer (1969), and Henry L. Giclas (1910).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 479. Before him are Tobias Wolff (1945), Robert Ettinger (1918), Glen A. Larson (1937), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Anne Tyler (1941), and Pauline Kael (1919). After him are Margaret Weis (1948), Hal Clement (1922), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Art Buchwald (1925), E. B. White (1899), and Julia Quinn (1970).

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