WRITER

Cyril M. Kornbluth

1923 - 1958

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Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, Walter C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyril M. Kornbluth has received more than 178,812 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Cyril M. Kornbluth is the 5,696th most popular writer (down from 4,613th in 2019), the 8,725th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,612th in 2019) and the 674th most popular American Writer.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 5,696 out of 7,302. Before him are Willi Apel, Lualhati Bautista, Erwin Strittmatter, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Earl Derr Biggers, and George Mikes. After him are Dee Brown, Ágnes Gergely, Abraham Cowley, Federigo Tozzi, Ivan Dmitriev, and Claude McKay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 392. Before him are Willem Slijkhuis, Hans Wetterström, Adolphe Hug, Fernando Campos, Jorge Daponte, and John Holt. After him are Walter Jens, Wim van der Voort, Lee Yuan-tsu, James E. Gunn, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, and Helen Murray Free. Among people deceased in 1958, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 167. Before him are Olaf Gulbransson, David Pegg, Walther Schreiber, Billy Whelan, Francis Carco, and Frank Swift. After him are Norman Bel Geddes, Sam Zimbalist, George Orton, Kurt Neumann, Virginia Pearson, and Gilbert Walker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 8,725 out of 20,380. Before him are Hilarie Burton (1982), Alice Davenport (1864), Roky Erickson (1947), Tom Tryon (1926), Joseph Polchinski (1954), and Katherine Moennig (1977). After him are Dee Brown (1908), Ted Kaufman (1939), James Cruze (1884), Tom Vilsack (1950), Ruth Patrick (1907), and Buddy Van Horn (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 674. Before him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Lew Rockwell (1944), Donald Richie (1924), John Holt (1923), and Earl Derr Biggers (1884). After him are Dee Brown (1908), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), Robert Christgau (1942), James E. Gunn (1923), Jack McDevitt (1935), and Robert Bly (1926).

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