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Andre Norton

1912 - 2005

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Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andre Norton has received more than 491,717 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Andre Norton is the 2,820th most popular writer (up from 2,840th in 2019), the 3,694th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,633rd in 2019) and the 334th most popular American Writer.

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  • 490k

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  • 52.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andre Norton ranks 2,820 out of 5,755Before her are Leon Uris, Walter Pater, Francis Ponge, Ouida, Shaul Tchernichovsky, and Abdullah Abdul Kadir. After her are Lucia Berlin, José Martínez Ruiz, José Giovanni, Prince Henri of Orléans, José María Arguedas, and Edwin Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Andre Norton ranks 147Before her are John Cheever, Georges Franju, Lev Kopelev, Vladimir Bakarić, Hamengkubuwono IX, and Günter Wand. After her are Eve Arnold, Nie Er, Alfred Schwarzmann, Rudolf Vytlačil, Palle Huld, and Claude Pompidou. Among people deceased in 2005, Andre Norton ranks 119Before her are James Doohan, Vizma Belševica, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Ronald Golias, Polina Gelman, and Hermann Bondi. After her are Jair da Rosa Pinto, Andrea Dworkin, Svatopluk Pluskal, Michalina Wisłocka, Milorad Pavić, and Jesús Rafael Soto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andre Norton ranks 3,694 out of 18,182Before her are Dean Jones (1931), Joe Johnston (1950), Leon Uris (1924), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), John Leslie (1945), and Adolphe Menjou (1890). After her are Lucia Berlin (1936), Harold Arlen (1905), Alan Guth (1947), Rick Hoffman (1970), Katherine Jackson (1930), and Ann Miller (1923).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Andre Norton ranks 334Before her are Laura Bridgman (1829), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), H.D. (1886), and Leon Uris (1924). After her are Lucia Berlin (1936), Katherine Jackson (1930), James A. Michener (1907), Booker T. Washington (1856), Andrea Dworkin (1946), and Philip Arthur Fisher (1907).