WRITER

Dorothy Allison

1949 - 2024

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Dorothy Earlene Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison won a number of awards for her writing, including several Lambda Literary Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Allison has received more than 365,711 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Dorothy Allison is the 6,107th most popular writer (down from 5,851st in 2019), the 10,258th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,331st in 2019) and the 765th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dorothy Allison ranks 6,107 out of 7,302. Before her are Antjie Krog, María Dueñas, Julio Llamazares, Brad Falchuk, Eeva-Liisa Manner, and Lydia Maria Child. After her are Zakhar Prilepin, Ion Negoițescu, Marie Pujmanová, Ian McDonald, George B. Seitz, and Andrzej Stasiuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Dorothy Allison ranks 613. Before her are Ingrid Newkirk, Piero Fassino, Suthep Thaugsuban, Masaaki Shirakawa, Daniel DiNardo, and John Haglelgam. After her are Giuseppe Sabadini, Don Muraco, Jiří Drahoš, Montxo Armendáriz, Percy Rojas, and David Abulafia. Among people deceased in 2024, Dorothy Allison ranks 400. Before her are David Bordwell, Gisela Birkemeyer, Edward C. Stone, Denílson Custódio Machado, James Sikking, and John Haglelgam. After her are Linda Lavin, Yves Herbet, Richard Tandy, Kathryn Crosby, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, and Willi Giesemann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Allison ranks 10,258 out of 20,380. Before her are Blind Boy Fuller (1904), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Edna May Oliver (1883), Carl Osburn (1884), Francis Frederick (1907), and John Sloan (1871). After her are Josh Homme (1973), John O. Brennan (1955), Gideon Welles (1802), Patricia Barber (1955), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), and Don Muraco (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dorothy Allison ranks 765. Before her are Lee Strobel (1952), Robin Morgan (1941), Katie Couric (1957), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Brad Falchuk (1971), and Lydia Maria Child (1802). After her are George B. Seitz (1888), Robert B. Sherman (1925), Julia Alvarez (1950), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), and Kathryn Stockett (1969).

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