WRITER

Cordwainer Smith

1913 - 1966

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Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966), better known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author known for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a US Army officer, a noted East Asia scholar, and an expert in psychological warfare. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cordwainer Smith has received more than 402,553 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Cordwainer Smith is the 4,720th most popular writer (down from 4,061st in 2019), the 6,413th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,527th in 2019) and the 516th most popular American Writer.

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  • 400k

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  • 48.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cordwainer Smith ranks 4,720 out of 7,302Before him are James Thomson, Edward William Lane, Fredrik Backman, Saul Alinsky, Robert B. Parker, and Sanchuniathon. After him are Michael Frayn, Edith Sitwell, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Rod Serling, Manuel Bandeira, and Fyodor Abramov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Cordwainer Smith ranks 248Before him are Josef Stroh, George Abecassis, Ċensu Tabone, Ted Grant, Franz Brunner, and Herbert Runge. After him are Rudolf Harbig, Homai Vyarawalla, Oswald Teichmüller, Jacinto Convit, Erich Eliskases, and Ellen Albertini Dow. Among people deceased in 1966, Cordwainer Smith ranks 152Before him are Brian O'Nolan, Sofya Yanovskaya, Santiago Lovell, Seán T. O'Kelly, Naima Akef, and Harry Beaumont. After him are Curt Backeberg, Christian Herter, Pablo Birger, Joel Stebbins, Mississippi John Hurt, and Josef von Báky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cordwainer Smith ranks 6,413 out of 20,380Before him are Will Yun Lee (1971), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), Robert B. Parker (1932), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Richard Lewontin (1929), and Jim Keltner (1942). After him are Jack Coleman (1958), Jakob Dylan (1969), Randy Brecker (1945), Leonard Warren (1911), Rod Serling (1924), and Dominique Dunne (1959).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cordwainer Smith ranks 516Before him are Jonathan Carroll (1949), Bo Goldman (1932), Helene Hanff (1916), Shel Silverstein (1930), Saul Alinsky (1909), and Robert B. Parker (1932). After him are Rod Serling (1924), Damon Knight (1922), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Jacqueline Susann (1918), James Salter (1925), and Robert Ettinger (1918).