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Damon Knight

1922 - 2002

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Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of "To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for The Twilight Zone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damon Knight has received more than 262,986 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Damon Knight is the 4,736th most popular writer (down from 4,524th in 2019), the 6,433rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,366th in 2019) and the 518th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Damon Knight ranks 4,736 out of 7,302. Before him are Brian Lumley, Robert Menasse, Andrei Bitov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Rosa Mayreder. After him are Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Aaron Sorkin, E. L. James, Hanna Krall, Jean Cau, and Dharamvir Bharati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Damon Knight ranks 285. Before him are Ingvar Rydell, José Luis Panizo, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Félix Loustau, Étienne Gailly, and Karl-Erik Nilsson. After him are Stig Sundqvist, Ester Mägi, Natalya Meklin, Rui Campos, Sid Caesar, and Blaga Aleksova. Among people deceased in 2002, Damon Knight ranks 212. Before him are Raoul Diagne, Michel Boisrond, Leopold Vietoris, Tinus Osendarp, Eddie Meduza, and Oskar Sala. After him are John Baptist Wu, Yelena Gorchakova, Georges Beaucourt, Rui Campos, Jeff Corey, and Chaim Potok.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 6,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Diana Muldaur (1938), Bob Sapp (1973), Penelope Ann Miller (1964), Chris Wedge (1957), Eugene Burton Ely (1886), and William Henry Conley (1840). After him are Bobo Brazil (1924), Charles Bolden (1946), Audrey Munson (1891), Walt Frazier (1945), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), and Virginia Hall (1906).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 518. Before him are Helene Hanff (1916), Shel Silverstein (1930), Saul Alinsky (1909), Robert B. Parker (1932), Cordwainer Smith (1913), and Rod Serling (1924). After him are Aaron Sorkin (1961), Jacqueline Susann (1918), James Salter (1925), Robert Ettinger (1918), Sue Grafton (1940), and R. J. Palacio (1963).

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