WRITER

Alvah Bessie

1904 - 1985

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Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvah Bessie has received more than 192,611 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alvah Bessie is the 5,931st most popular writer (down from 5,469th in 2019), the 9,481st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,139th in 2019) and the 719th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bread and a Stone
1941
Inquisition in Eden
1965
Men in battle
American Participation, History, Personal narratives
1939
The Un-Americans
2018
The symbol
1966
The un-Americans
1957

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alvah Bessie ranks 5,931 out of 7,302. Before her are Ellen Niit, Giuseppe Berto, Tim LaHaye, Kåre Holt, Hanya Yanagihara, and Meg Cabot. After her are René Boylesve, Jorge Enrique Adoum, William Inge, Mina Loy, Ian Buruma, and Zoé Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Alvah Bessie ranks 310. Before her are Carmelo Camet, Irene Manton, Philip Hall, Jan Peerce, Kurt Thomas, and A. H. M. Jones. After her are Patsy Ruth Miller, Alexander Afinogenov, Thawi Bunyaket, Glenda Farrell, Gordon Hodgson, and Clemente Yerovi. Among people deceased in 1985, Alvah Bessie ranks 250. Before her are Robert Surtees, Albert Maltz, André Bjerke, Jan Peka, Nelson Riddle, and Carlos Mota Pinto. After her are Fernando Pereira, Pál Teleki, Alister Hardy, Maurice Podoloff, Fredy Perlman, and Isaac Kashdan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvah Bessie ranks 9,481 out of 20,380. Before her are James Meredith (1933), Abigail Johnson (1961), William H. McRaven (1955), Ann Sothern (1909), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), and Meg Cabot (1967). After her are Mary Harrison McKee (1858), G. D. Spradlin (1920), Don Williams (1939), Fredric Lehne (1959), Paul Motian (1931), and Gary Johnson (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alvah Bessie ranks 719. Before her are John Green (1977), John Berryman (1914), Naomi Novik (1973), Tim LaHaye (1926), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), and Meg Cabot (1967). After her are William Inge (1913), Wilma Mankiller (1945), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), James Dickey (1923), Damon Lindelof (1973), and Daniel Quinn (1935).

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