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Barbara Kingsolver

1955 - Today

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Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Kingsolver has received more than 1,419,891 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Kingsolver is the 6,264th most popular writer (down from 5,596th in 2019), the 14,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,728th in 2019) and the 1,012th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 6,264 out of 5,755. Before her are Dave Barry, Ann Patchett, Walter Jon Williams, Erik Möller, Irshad Manji, and Anthony E. Zuiker. After her are Màrius Serra, Simon Kuper, Ken MacLeod, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Mariam Petrosyan, and Claudia Amengual.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 594. Before her are Maureen George, Agafia Constantin, Nikolay Solodukhin, Darrell Hammond, Ann Bancroft, and Hugh Padgham. After her are Grete Faremo, Flip Saunders, Anne Henning, Jerry M. Linenger, Linda Mvusi, and Penn Jillette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 14,007 out of 18,182. Before her are John B. Weller (1812), Jani Lane (1964), Stephen Jackson (1978), Larisa Oleynik (1981), Kim Reynolds (1959), and C. Everett Koop (1916). After her are Dan Donegan (1968), Kristen Anderson-Lopez (1972), Dale Ellis (1960), Nikki Bella (1983), H. Jon Benjamin (1966), and Béla Fleck (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 1,012. Before her are Mika Brzezinski (1967), Mary L. Trump (1965), Dave Barry (1947), Ann Patchett (1963), Walter Jon Williams (1953), and Anthony E. Zuiker (1968). After her are Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Josh Schwartz (1976), Joaquin Miller (1837), Charles Portis (1933), David Frawley (1950), and George Will (1941).

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