WRITER

Arthur Laurents

1917 - 2011

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Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter. With a career spanning seven decades he received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Laurents has received more than 587,527 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Laurents is the 6,004th most popular writer (down from 5,645th in 2019), the 9,788th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,107th in 2019) and the 738th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The time of the cuckoo
American Dramatists
1953
West Side story
Librettos, Musicals
1959
Romeo and Juliet / West Side Story
Performing Arts, courtship, Drama
Contains: - [Romeo and Juliet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362705W/Romeo_and_Juliet) - West Side Story
1965
A clearing in the woods
American drama
1957
The way we were
Love stories
1972
Invitation to a march
American drama
1961

Page views of Arthur Laurents by language

Over the past year Arthur Laurents has had the most page views in the with 80,979 views, followed by Italian (3,955), and Russian (3,276). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (155.29%), Italian (72.11%), and Simple English (59.97%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arthur Laurents ranks 6,004 out of 7,302. Before him are Kristina Lugn, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Joel Lehtonen, Carol J. Adams, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Harry Turtledove. After him are Paulina Chiziane, Larry Kramer, Robert Coover, David Storey, Jacob Abbott, and Keri Hulme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Arthur Laurents ranks 305. Before him are Tadd Dameron, Jean Lucas, Carl Forssell, Jerry Wexler, Walter Lord, and Charles Sibley. After him are José Magriñá, Ottorino Volonterio, Valerie Hobson, Mikhail Anikushin, W. T. Tutte, and Vera Zorina. Among people deceased in 2011, Arthur Laurents ranks 404. Before him are Jean Dutourd, Ryan Dunn, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Ragnar Lundberg, Jaime Salazar, and Roberto Lippi. After him are Clement Arrindell, Sylvia Robinson, Peggy Rea, Knut Steen, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, and Mick Karn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Laurents ranks 9,788 out of 20,380. Before him are Leonard Wood (1860), Carmen Luvana (1981), Melvin Frank (1913), Peter G. Peterson (1926), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), and Harvey Mason (1947). After him are J. Alden Weir (1852), Jim Montgomery (1955), Janet Hubert (1956), Alva Belmont (1853), Roger L. Jackson (1958), and Daniel J. Travanti (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Arthur Laurents ranks 738. Before him are Gardner Fox (1911), W. S. Merwin (1927), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Carol J. Adams (1951), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), and Harry Turtledove (1949). After him are Larry Kramer (1935), Robert Coover (1932), Jacob Abbott (1803), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Nella Larsen (1891), and Anna J. Cooper (1858).

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