WRITER

Daniel Keyes

1927 - 2014

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Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel Flowers for Algernon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Keyes has received more than 655,075 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Daniel Keyes is the 808th most popular writer (up from 972nd in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,150th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Writer.

Daniel Keyes is most famous for writing the book, Flowers for Algernon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Unveiling Claudia
Social Science
Based on three years of research and interviews with detectives, drug pushers, judges, and street people, this book reveals the true story of the Columbus, Ohio, triple homicide which Claudia Elaine Yasko confessed to but did not commit
1986
The touch
Fiction
1968
Flowers for Algernon
Fiction / Classics, Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Psychological
Charlie embarks on a compelling but dangerous journey from retardation to genius. Oscar-winning film Charly starring Cliff Robertson and Claire Bloom-a mentally challenged man receives an operation that turns him into a genius ... and introduces him to heartache. When we first meet Charlie he is about to embark on a compelling but dangerous journey from retardation to genius. He has only a vague understanding of what will happen, but he is aware that knowledge and the ability to write are of paramount importance. So he doesn't hesitate for a moment to cooperate in a radical experiment designed to increase his intelligence, the key - he hopes - to being valued as a human being and to being loved. Daniel Keyes's powerful and highly original story of a young man whose quest for intelligence and knowledge parallels that of Algernon (the mouse who is an earlier subject of a similar experiment) remains unique in imaginative literature. We follow Charlie Gordon's mental, emotional, and spiritual growth. We watch with excitement as he becomes the focus of attention by the scientific world, his intellectual capacities far surpassing those of the psychologists and neurosurgeons who engineered his metamorphosis. We also follow the progress of his romance with two women, one who knew him before the experiment as well as with another, who knows him only as the attractive, bright, and sympathetic man he has become. And, finally, we hope against hope that what happens suddenly, unexpectedly, to Algernon will not happen to Charlie.
19664 / 5
The minds of Billy Milligan
Billy Milligan was a man tormented by twenty-four distinct personalities battling for supremacy over his body - a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. In a landmark trial, Billy was acquitted of his crimes by reason of insanity caused by multiple personality disorder - the first such court decision in history. Among the twenty-four are: Philip, a petty criminal; Kevin, who dealt drugs; April, whose only ambition was to kill Billy's stepfather; Adalana, the shy, affection-starved lesbian who 'used' Billy's body in the rapes that led to his arrest; David, the eight-year-old 'keeper of the pain'; and the Teacher, the sum of all Billy's alter egos fused into one. In The Minds of Billy Milligan, Daniel Keyes brings to light the most remarkable and harrowing case of multiple personality ever recorded. 'Fascinating' LA Times '[Keyes] has carried it off brilliantly, bringing not only a fine clarity but a special warmth and empathy' Washington Post
19815 / 5
Algernon, Charlie, and I
Biography & Autobiography
The author shares his creative processes, revealing the life experiences leading to the creation of Charlie Gordon and tracing the evolution of the novelette into a novel, stage production, cinema production, and TV movie.
19994 / 5
The fifth Sally
1980

Page views of Daniel Keyes by language

Over the past year Daniel Keyes has had the most page views in the with 121,059 views, followed by Russian (76,376), and Japanese (36,342). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (91.00%), Simple English (79.38%), and Cornish (72.44%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daniel Keyes ranks 808 out of 7,302. Before him are Jamal Khashoggi, Sarojini Naidu, Tatian, Karl Harrer, Jan Potocki, and Thomas Hardy. After him are Magtymguly Pyragy, Max Frisch, Dobrica Ćosić, John le Carré, Basava, and Odysseas Elytis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Daniel Keyes ranks 41. Before him are Manfred Eigen, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Emmanuelle Riva, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Angelo Sodano, and Robert Ludlum. After him are Hugo Pratt, Don Shirley, Harry Mulisch, Harry Markowitz, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and George Andrew Olah. Among people deceased in 2014, Daniel Keyes ranks 36. Before him are Martin Lewis Perl, Adolfo Suárez, Lorin Maazel, Jack Brabham, Masaru Emoto, and Maya Angelou. After him are Dobrica Ćosić, Mickey Rooney, Karlheinz Böhm, Luise Rainer, P. D. James, and Yozo Aoki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Keyes ranks 906 out of 20,380. Before him are James Cromwell (1940), Jimmy Connors (1952), Asaph Hall (1829), John B. Calhoun (1917), Richard Rorty (1931), and Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932). After him are Roy J. Glauber (1925), Lewis Strauss (1896), John Lee Hooker (1917), Ray Tomlinson (1941), Frederick Reines (1918), and Herbert A. Hauptman (1917).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Daniel Keyes ranks 86. Before him are Thomas Harris (1940), Neal Cassady (1926), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Raymond Carver (1938), Leon Uris (1924), and Maya Angelou (1928). After him are Neale Donald Walsch (1943), John Fante (1909), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Dashiell Hammett (1894), Joseph Campbell (1904), and Marilyn vos Savant (1946).

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