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Alvah Bessie

1904 - 1985

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Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, screenwriter and journalist. He was one of nearly 3,000 American volunteers who joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvah Bessie has received more than 194,450 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.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

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  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alvah Bessie ranks 5,931 out of 7,302Before 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 310Before 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 250Before 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 20,380Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alvah Bessie ranks 719Before 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).