WRITER

Conrad Richter

1890 - 1968

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Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890 – October 30, 1968) was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel The Town (1950), the last story of his trilogy The Awakening Land about the Ohio frontier, won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His novel The Waters of Kronos won the 1961 National Book Award for Fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conrad Richter has received more than 146,446 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Conrad Richter is the 6,979th most popular writer (down from 6,277th in 2019), the 15,380th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,296th in 2019) and the 1,090th most popular American Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 35.70

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

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  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The fields
Frontier and pioneer life, Fiction, Fiction, general
1946
The town
Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Fiction, general
1950
A country of strangers
Indian captivities, Indians of North America, Delaware Indians
A chronicle of a white girl captive of the Indians returned against her will to her white home. Her reception here, her and her son's rejection by her Caucasian father and her sister, and the conflicts of her Indian upbringing with the white way of life are related.
1966
The sea of grass
Fiction, Ranch life, Fiction, general
1936
The Light in the Forest
Delaware Indians, Delaware Indians in fiction, Fiction
A white boy, captured by Native Americans, grows to his teens as an Indian, is then forced by treaty to return to his white family. Needless to say, he has a tremendously difficult time adjusting. Emotional conflicts arise from all sides, leading to a climactic ending.
1953
The trees
Pioneers, Fiction, Fiction, general
1940

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Conrad Richter ranks 6,979 out of 7,302. Before him are Rudolfo Anaya, Alice Oseman, Okwui Enwezor, Sarojini Sahoo, Fabio Volo, and Mabel Strickland. After him are Delia Grigore, J. Hillis Miller, Zona Gale, Arabella Kiesbauer, Polina Zherebtsova, and Edwin Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Conrad Richter ranks 265. Before him are Euphemia Haynes, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Albert Arnheiter, Charlotte Greenwood, Wheeler Oakman, and Eddie Gribbon. After him are Sherman Minton, and Ben Fletcher. Among people deceased in 1968, Conrad Richter ranks 270. Before him are Bea Benaderet, Norman Thomas, Lee Tracy, Sally O'Neil, Gerald Mohr, and Walter Nash. After him are Edwin O'Connor, and Gertrude Short.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conrad Richter ranks 15,380 out of 20,380. Before him are Kelly Stables (1978), Eddie Gribbon (1890), Mathew St. Patrick (1968), Frank Vogel (1973), Donald Carcieri (1942), and Joey Logano (1990). After him are Kent Benson (1954), Blanchard Ryan (1967), Brain (1963), Cappadonna (1969), Jessica Barth (1978), and Travis Van Winkle (1982).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Conrad Richter ranks 1,090. Before him are Andy Rooney (1919), Gayle Forman (1970), Kate DiCamillo (1964), Lauren Kate (1981), Robert Anderson (1917), and Rudolfo Anaya (1937). After him are J. Hillis Miller (1928), Zona Gale (1874), Scott Smith (1965), Ruth Ozeki (1956), Robert Olen Butler (1945), and Geoffrey A. Landis (1955).

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