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Allen Tate

1899 - 1979

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John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979), known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and poet laureate from 1943 to 1944. Among his best known works are the poems "Ode to the Confederate Dead" (1928) and "The Mediterranean" (1933), and his only novel The Fathers (1938). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allen Tate has received more than 271,778 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Allen Tate is the 6,760th most popular writer (down from 6,116th in 2019), the 13,822nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,966th in 2019) and the 1,010th most popular American Writer.

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  • 38.37

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

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Notable Works

Essays
Littérature, History and criticism, Modern Literature
Includes critical essays on John Keats, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Hart Crane, Thomas Hardy, Edwin Arlington Robinson, John Peale Bishop, Archibald MacLeish, Ezra Pound, Herbert Read, Edgar Allan Poe, and T.S. Eliot, among others.
1968
Poems
American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Agrarians (Group of writers)
1947
The fathers
Fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, general
1938
The man of letters in the modern world
History and criticism, Literature, Engels
1955
T.S. Eliot
American Poets, Biography, Biographies
1966
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate States of America, Generals, Confederate States of America. Army
1930
Essays
Littérature, History and criticism, Modern Literature
Includes critical essays on John Keats, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Hart Crane, Thomas Hardy, Edwin Arlington Robinson, John Peale Bishop, Archibald MacLeish, Ezra Pound, Herbert Read, Edgar Allan Poe, and T.S. Eliot, among others.
1968
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate States of America, Generals, Confederate States of America. Army
1930
The man of letters in the modern world
History and criticism, Literature, Engels
1955
Poems
American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Agrarians (Group of writers)
1947
The fathers
Fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, general
1938
T.S. Eliot
American Poets, Biography, Biographies
1966

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Allen Tate ranks 6,760 out of 7,302. Before him are Sally Rooney, H. Beam Piper, Kamel Daoud, James K. Morrow, George Etherege, and Horton Foote. After him are Marge Piercy, Stanley Middleton, Howard Gordon, Sharon Olds, Miro Gavran, and Michael Davitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Allen Tate ranks 322. Before him are Jimmie Davis, Paul Kelly, Marie Mosquini, Clarence Oldfield, Eric Linklater, and Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe. After him are Stanley Skewes, Genevieve Tobin, Gertrude Berg, Randall Thompson, Tom C. Clark, and Mabel Strickland. Among people deceased in 1979, Allen Tate ranks 297. Before him are John Wright, John F. Seitz, Jack Mulhall, Nicholas Monsarrat, Frank Fredrickson, and Vladimir Fyodorov. After him are Dick Foran, Dorothy Peterson, Beatrice Hicks, Doris Kenyon, James T. Farrell, and William Gargan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allen Tate ranks 13,822 out of 20,380. Before him are Sabu (1964), Horton Foote (1916), Brian J. Smith (1981), Buck Jones (1891), Morgan Spurlock (1970), and Chelsea Manning (1987). After him are Marge Piercy (1936), The D.O.C. (1968), Albert William Herre (1868), Virginia Gardner (1995), Mark Price (1964), and Rose McConnell Long (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Allen Tate ranks 1,010. Before him are Jay McInerney (1955), Zoe Akins (1886), Dave Eggers (1970), H. Beam Piper (1904), James K. Morrow (1947), and Horton Foote (1916). After him are Marge Piercy (1936), Howard Gordon (1961), Sharon Olds (1942), Katharine Lee Bates (1859), Justin Cronin (1962), and Brannon Braga (1965).

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