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Donald Barthelme

1931 - 1989

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Donald Barthelme Jr. (pronounced BAR-thəl-mee or BAR-təl-mee; April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, was managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961–1962), co-founder of Fiction (with Mark Mirsky and the assistance of Max and Marianne Frisch), and a professor at various universities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Barthelme has received more than 398,577 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Barthelme is the 3,710th most popular writer (down from 3,122nd in 2019), the 4,951st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,073rd in 2019) and the 415th most popular American Writer.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donald Barthelme ranks 3,710 out of 5,755. Before him are Kader Abdolah, Nagarjun, Paul Goma, Tariq Ali, Albert Aurier, and Auguste Barbier. After him are Anton Pann, Theodore Balsamon, Xiao Hong, Alaa Al Aswany, Francisco Coloane, and Gordon R. Dickson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Donald Barthelme ranks 260. Before him are Kenny Burrell, Sakyo Komatsu, Michel Deville, Mordecai Richler, Dorothy Stang, and Phil Woods. After him are Walter Taibo, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Robert Stephens, Wynton Kelly, Ichirō Nagai, and Rogelio Domínguez. Among people deceased in 1989, Donald Barthelme ranks 151. Before him are Alex Thépot, Henri Sauguet, Robert Webber, Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, Mouloud Mammeri, and Bernard-Marie Koltès. After him are Arsenie Boca, Betti Alver, Pavel Kurochkin, Veniamin Kaverin, Yasushi Akutagawa, and José Bustamante y Rivero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Barthelme ranks 4,951 out of 18,182. Before him are David Patrick Kelly (1951), Patsy Cline (1932), David A. Huffman (1925), Chief Joseph (1840), Phil Woods (1931), and Brad Harris (1933). After him are Charles David Keeling (1928), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Ona Zee (1951), Jim Hutton (1934), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), and Art Carney (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Donald Barthelme ranks 415. Before him are Rube Goldberg (1883), George Washington Williams (1849), Murray Leinster (1896), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), E. B. White (1899), and Dennis Lehane (1965). After him are Henry Adams (1838), Sue Grafton (1940), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), David Baldacci (1960), Sandra Brown (1948), and David Brin (1950).

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