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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 124,702 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Avram Davidson is the 5,384th most popular writer (down from 4,835th in 2019), the 8,701st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,775th in 2019) and the 685th most popular American Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 43.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Avram Davidson ranks 5,384 out of 5,755Before him are Robert Edmond Grant, Qaysin Quli, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Hallgrímur Helgason, Antonín Sova, and Peter Hacks. After him are Brigitte Reimann, Dorrit Willumsen, Stephen Spender, Diane Ackerman, Sarah Waters, and Thomas Hughes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Avram Davidson ranks 367Before him are Vladimir Tendryakov, Boris Sagal, Paavo Lonkila, Inge Keller, Latifa al-Zayyat, and The Fabulous Moolah. After him are Alice Ghostley, Robert Sabatier, Rose Marie, Ivano Blason, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, and Mort Walker. Among people deceased in 1993, Avram Davidson ranks 227Before him are Sammy Cahn, Albert Hyzler, Thomas Watson Jr., Michael Klein, H. R. Haldeman, and Arthur Alexander. After him are Francisco Zuluaga, Tony Barton, Cyril Collard, Heinrich Albertz, Jeanne Sauvé, and Harvey Kurtzman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Avram Davidson ranks 8,701 out of 18,182Before him are Sharon Mitchell (1956), Maya Rudolph (1972), Peggy Ann Garner (1932), Alice Lake (1895), William Mapother (1965), and Ron Livingston (1967). After him are Rickie Lee Jones (1954), Michael Pitt (1981), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Sterling K. Brown (1976), Gail Goodrich (1943), and Dan Coats (1943).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Avram Davidson ranks 685Before him are Mike Godwin (1956), John Antoine Nau (1860), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), Meg Cabot (1967), Steven Saylor (1956), and Helene Hanff (1916). After him are Diane Ackerman (1948), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), Edward Abbey (1927), M. Scott Peck (1936), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Max Eastman (1883).