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E. E. Cummings

1894 - 1962

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Edward Estlin Cummings, who was mainly known as e e cummings and also E. E. Cummings, (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He was an ambulance driver during World War I and was in an internment camp, which provided the basis for his novel The Enormous Room (1922). The following year he published his first collection of poetry, Tulips and Chimneys, which showed his early experiments with grammar and typography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. E. Cummings has received more than 2,392,838 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. E. E. Cummings is the 1,653rd most popular writer (up from 1,705th in 2019), the 2,161st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,140th in 2019) and the 198th most popular American Writer.

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  • 56.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. E. Cummings ranks 1,653 out of 5,755. Before him are Terry Brooks, Augusto Boal, Theophylact of Ohrid, Nicander, Lu You, and Arnaldur Indriðason. After him are Andreas Gryphius, Alexander Fadeyev, Richard Brautigan, Mao Dun, Egon Kisch, and Hipponax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, E. E. Cummings ranks 72. Before him are King Vidor, Frank Borzage, Tivadar Soros, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Georges Guynemer, and Georges Gurvitch. After him are Friedrich Hossbach, Erwin Schulhoff, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, José Carlos Mariátegui, Wäinö Aaltonen, and Francisco Craveiro Lopes. Among people deceased in 1962, E. E. Cummings ranks 56. Before him are Leonardo De Lorenzo, Lei Feng, Frank Borzage, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Hu Shih, and Poul Nielsen. After him are Henri Wallon, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Emil Artin, Tod Browning, Ricardo Rodríguez, and Trygve Gulbranssen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. E. Cummings ranks 2,161 out of 18,182. Before him are Ub Iwerks (1901), Terry Brooks (1944), Bridget Fonda (1964), Mark Margolis (1939), Stacy Keach (1941), and Andy Kaufman (1949). After him are Robert Sternberg (1949), Ron Paul (1935), Buddy Guy (1936), Richard Brautigan (1935), Maxwell Perkins (1884), and Jeff Kinney (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, E. E. Cummings ranks 198. Before him are Eugene Nida (1914), Peter Benchley (1940), Jane Jacobs (1916), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Eric Carle (1929), and Terry Brooks (1944). After him are Richard Brautigan (1935), Langston Hughes (1902), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Frank McCourt (1930), and Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919).

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