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Annie Dillard

1945 - Today

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Annie Dillard (née Doak; born April 30, 1945) is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and nonfiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Annie Dillard has received more than 759,067 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Annie Dillard is the 6,574th most popular writer (down from 5,978th in 2019), the 12,764th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,163rd in 2019) and the 927th most popular American Writer.

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  • 48.02

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Annie Dillard ranks 6,574 out of 7,302. Before her are Gregory S. Paul, R. S. Thomas, Robert Henryson, John Stossel, Judith Hermann, and Phil Donahue. After her are Josephine Johnson, Terence Winter, M. H. Abrams, Jenni Haukio, Brian Stableford, and Vin Scully.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Annie Dillard ranks 641. Before her are Ronald J. Grabe, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Carl Robie, Tariq Anwar, Ray LaHood, and Dennis Burkley. After her are Kevin Berry, Larry Craig, George Eaton, Fyodor Simashev, P. Chidambaram, and Naftali Bon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Annie Dillard ranks 12,764 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), Paul Ben-Victor (1965), Ahmed Best (1973), Armand van Helden (1970), Adam G. Sevani (1992), and Cleavant Derricks (1953). After her are Benjamin Walker (1982), Dickie Moore (1925), Pat O'Brien (1968), Jerry Heidenreich (1950), Rodger Bumpass (1951), and Robert Smalls (1839).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Annie Dillard ranks 927. Before her are Ronald D. Moore (1964), Stanley Kunitz (1905), Michael Pollan (1955), Gregory S. Paul (1954), John Stossel (1947), and Phil Donahue (1935). After her are Josephine Johnson (1910), Terence Winter (1960), M. H. Abrams (1912), Vin Scully (1927), Mitch Albom (1958), and Karen Joy Fowler (1950).

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