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Avram Davidson

1923 - 1993

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Avram Davidson (April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993) was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award, and an Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine short story award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. Davidson edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1962 to 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avram Davidson has received more than 135,592 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Avram Davidson is the 5,780th most popular writer (down from 5,365th in 2019), the 8,943rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,683rd in 2019) and the 686th most popular American Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Avram Davidson ranks 5,780 out of 7,302. Before him are Jhumpa Lahiri, Florian Zeller, Mirvarid Dilbazi, Leyla Erbil, Steven Saylor, and Oktay Rıfat Horozcu. After him are Edward Abbey, Aurora Mardiganian, Alifa Rifaat, Maria Polydouri, Raffaele La Capria, and Marina Lewycka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Avram Davidson ranks 401. Before him are Lee Yuan-tsu, James E. Gunn, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Helen Murray Free, Paavo Lonkila, and Ruth Williams Khama. After him are Robert Sabatier, Aleksandr Alov, Dolores Fuller, Bill Bruce, Jorge Romo, and Doc Watson. Among people deceased in 1993, Avram Davidson ranks 250. Before him are Edera Cordiale, Innes Ireland, Jim Pollard, H. R. Haldeman, Roger Michelot, and Divya Bharti. After him are Billy Eckstine, Frithjof Ulleberg, Gert Hofmann, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Göta Pettersson, and Albert Hyzler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Avram Davidson ranks 8,943 out of 20,380. Before him are Steven Saylor (1956), Billy Corgan (1967), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1957), Max Weinberg (1951), Mike Dirnt (1972), and Moe Berg (1902). After him are E. Allen Emerson (1954), Helen Wainwright (1906), Horatio Fitch (1900), Spike Jones (1911), Edward Abbey (1927), and Richard Long (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Avram Davidson ranks 686. Before him are Robert Bly (1926), Ann Rule (1931), Gardner Dozois (1947), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Daniel Pearl (1963), and Steven Saylor (1956). After him are Edward Abbey (1927), Iris Chang (1968), Sarah Orne Jewett (1849), Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850), Ann Bannon (1932), and Carol Shields (1935).

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