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Conrad Aiken

1889 - 1973

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Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conrad Aiken has received more than 302,498 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Aiken is the 4,923rd most popular writer (down from 4,413th in 2019), the 7,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,409th in 2019) and the 588th most popular American Writer.

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  • 300k

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  • 45.46

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Conrad Aiken ranks 4,923 out of 5,755Before him are Madeleine L'Engle, Ádám Bodor, Júlia Szendrey, Pauline Kael, Eva Kotchever, and Pentti Saarikoski. After him are Lev Kassil, Daniel Quinn, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Kjell Westö, Steven Moffat, and Jorge Icaza Coronel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Conrad Aiken ranks 214Before him are K. B. Hedgewar, Matilde Hidalgo, Beulah Bondi, Stafford Cripps, Robert A. Taft, and Ted Wilde. After him are Nikolai Aseev, Anna Kéthly, Paul Nash, Harry Clarke, Rolf Johnsson, and Tom Naudé. Among people deceased in 1973, Conrad Aiken ranks 197Before him are Gustav Freij, Arthur Freed, Aleksandr Ponomarev, Grigore Moisil, Théo Lefèvre, and Carlos Menditeguy. After him are Oliver Macdonald, Memphis Minnie, Lauritz Melchior, Åke Borg, Gösta Dunker, and Betty Field.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conrad Aiken ranks 7,262 out of 18,182Before him are Tim Bogert (1944), Maddie Ziegler (2002), Paul Bearer (1954), Denise Crosby (1957), Edward Everett (1794), and Nancy Wilson (1954). After him are John Oliver Creighton (1943), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), Daniel Quinn (1935), James Van Der Beek (1977), Booker T (1965), and Bill Bradley (1943).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Conrad Aiken ranks 588Before him are Ted Chiang (1967), Lester del Rey (1915), Ring Lardner (1885), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), and Pauline Kael (1919). After him are Daniel Quinn (1935), James C. Collins (1958), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Scott O'Dell (1898), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), and Peter S. Beagle (1939).