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Claude McKay

1889 - 1948

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Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay OJ (September 15, 1890 – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jamaica, McKay first travelled to the United States to attend college, and encountered W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk which stimulated McKay's interest in political involvement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude McKay has received more than 866,503 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Claude McKay is the 5,702nd most popular writer (down from 5,114th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 40th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Jamaican Writer.

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  • 870k

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  • 52.64

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claude McKay ranks 5,702 out of 7,302. Before him are Cyril M. Kornbluth, Dee Brown, Ágnes Gergely, Abraham Cowley, Federigo Tozzi, and Ivan Dmitriev. After him are Antoni Słonimski, Conrad Hall, Henry Ward Beecher, Manuel Rivas, Peider Lansel, and Peter Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Claude McKay ranks 263. Before him are Hans Walter, Alexander Patch, Alexia Bryn, Aleksei Dikiy, José María Belauste, and Wesley Ruggles. After him are Louis Ségura, Harry Clarke, Minta Durfee, Irene Steer, Joseph Ruttenberg, and Paul Nash. Among people deceased in 1948, Claude McKay ranks 173. Before him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Henri Hazebrouck, Dale Fuller, Arthur Whitten Brown, Malcolm Campbell, and Carl Hårleman. After him are Thomas Mofolo, Frank Benford, John Anderson, James Young, Mary Eaton, and George Mehnert.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Claude McKay ranks 53 out of 189. Before him are Horace Andy (1951), Michael Manley (1924), Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), and Lennox Miller (1946). After him are Yohan Blake (1989), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), Arthur Wint (1920), Damian Marley (1978), Augustus Pablo (1954), and Shawn Rhoden (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Claude McKay ranks 5. Before him are Marcus Garvey (1887), Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), and Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952). After him are Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), Marlon James (1970), Nalo Hopkinson (1960), and Claudia Rankine (1963).

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