1931 - 1989
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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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.
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,704
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,705
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,706
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,707
1865 - 1892
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,708
1805 - 1882
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,709
1931 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,710
1796 - 1854
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,711
1140 - 1190
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,712
1911 - 1942
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,713
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,714
1910 - 2002
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,715
1923 - 2001
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 3,716
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.
1931 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 254
1931 - 2011
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 255
1931 - 2023
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 256
1931 - 2001
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 257
1931 - 2005
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 258
1931 - 2015
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 259
1931 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 260
1931 - 2021
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 261
1931 - 2014
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 262
1931 - 1995
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 263
1931 - 1971
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 264
1931 - 2014
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 265
1931 - 2004
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 266
1906 - 1989
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 145
1901 - 1989
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 146
1924 - 1989
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 147
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 148
1917 - 1989
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 149
1948 - 1989
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 150
1931 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 151
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 152
1906 - 1989
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 153
1900 - 1989
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 154
1902 - 1989
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 155
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 156
1894 - 1989
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 157
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).
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 4,945
1932 - 1963
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 4,946
1925 - 1999
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 4,947
1840 - 1904
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 4,948
1931 - 2015
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 4,949
1933 - 2017
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 4,950
1931 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 4,951
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 4,952
1879 - 1968
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 4,953
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 4,954
1934 - 1979
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 4,955
1930 - 2023
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 4,956
1918 - 2003
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 4,957
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).
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 409
1849 - 1891
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 410
1896 - 1975
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 411
1890 - 1980
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 412
1899 - 1985
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 413
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 414
1931 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 415
1838 - 1918
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 416
1940 - 2017
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 417
1924 - 2019
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 418
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 419
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 420
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 421