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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 139,595 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Richter is the 6,301st most popular writer (down from 5,562nd in 2019), the 14,332nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,480th in 2019) and the 1,023rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Conrad Richter ranks 6,301 out of 5,755. Before him are Sushmita Banerjee, Jorge Majfud, Rainbow Rowell, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ruth Park, and Jorge Volpi. After him are Catherine Asaro, Anthony Doerr, Niloofar Rahmani, Laila Lalami, Maggie Stiefvater, and Milan Ohnisko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Conrad Richter ranks 226. Before him are Edmund Lowe, Willie Applegarth, Wheeler Oakman, Frank Murphy, Charlotte Greenwood, and Euphemia Haynes. After him is Sherman Minton. Among people deceased in 1968, Conrad Richter ranks 238. Before him are J. L. B. Smith, Tommy Noonan, George Constantine, Lee Tracy, Gerald Mohr, and Gertrude Short.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conrad Richter ranks 14,332 out of 18,182. Before him are Daniel Sunjata (1971), Sticky Fingaz (1973), Ernest Truex (1889), LaShawn Merritt (1986), Keith Langford (1983), and Terence Crawford (1987). After him are Jared Fogle (1977), Squire Fridell (1943), Federico Peña (1947), Tayshaun Prince (1980), Jack Swagger (1982), and Michael Dougherty (1974).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Conrad Richter ranks 1,023. Before him are David Frawley (1950), George Will (1941), Sherman Alexie (1966), Bethany Hamilton (1990), Lucille Clifton (1936), and Rainbow Rowell (1973). After him are Catherine Asaro (1955), Anthony Doerr (1973), Maggie Stiefvater (1981), Diablo Cody (1978), Kate DiCamillo (1964), and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973).

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