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Claudia Rankine

1963 - Today

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Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is an American poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays. Her book of poetry, Citizen: An American Lyric, won the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Award, the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry (the first book in the award's history to be nominated in both poetry and criticism), the 2015 Forward Prize for Best Collection, the 2015 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Poetry, the 2015 NAACP Image Award in poetry, the 2015 PEN Open Book Award, the 2015 PEN American Center USA Literary Award, the 2015 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award, and the 2015 VIDA Literary Award. Citizen was also a finalist for the 2014 National Book Award and the 2015 T. S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claudia Rankine has received more than 532,189 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Claudia Rankine is the 7,235th most popular writer, the 136th most popular biography from Jamaica and the 9th most popular Jamaican Writer.

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  • 530k

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  • 37.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claudia Rankine ranks 7,235 out of 7,302. Before her are Scott Snyder, NoViolet Bulawayo, Gwen Ifill, Teju Cole, Mary Roach, and Jake Tapper. After her are Caitlin Moran, Megan Abbott, Abi Morgan, Femke Dekker, Anna Bagriana, and Ishmael Beah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Claudia Rankine ranks 951. Before her are Jacqueline Woodson, Joe Scarborough, Katsushi Kajii, Patricia Robertson, Bryan Gunn, and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. After her are Chris Morris, Alan McDonald, Tracie Ruiz, Brad Henry, Simon Armitage, and Gus Bilirakis.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Claudia Rankine ranks 136 out of 189. Before her are Lorraine Fenton (1973), Robin Fraser (1966), Jeff Cunningham (1976), Maurice Smith (1980), Jak Ali Harvey (1989), and Shericka Williams (1985). After her are Omar McLeod (1994), Tajay Gayle (1996), Winthrop Graham (1965), Greg Haughton (1973), Steve Mullings (1982), and Lyriq Bent (1979).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Claudia Rankine ranks 9. Before her are Leonard Howell (1898), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Claude McKay (1889), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), Marlon James (1970), and Nalo Hopkinson (1960).

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