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E. L. Doctorow

1931 - 2015

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Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama, including the award-winning novels Ragtime (1975), Billy Bathgate (1989), and The March (2005). These, like many of his other works, placed fictional characters in recognizable historical contexts, with known historical figures, and often used different narrative styles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. L. Doctorow has received more than 907,621 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. E. L. Doctorow is the 2,587th most popular writer (down from 2,339th in 2019), the 3,369th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,956th in 2019) and the 300th most popular American Writer.

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  • 53.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. L. Doctorow ranks 2,587 out of 5,755. Before him are Đura Jakšić, John Moschus, Gustave Kahn, Sulpicia, Gregory Corso, and Marlen Haushofer. After him are Robert M. Parker Jr., Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Al-Farazdaq, Mariana Alcoforado, Seichō Matsumoto, and Guan Hanqing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, E. L. Doctorow ranks 180. Before him are Carmen Dell'Orefice, Takashi Mizuno, Mwai Kibaki, Krzysztof Komeda, Lucian Mureșan, and Takashi Ono. After him are Dan Gurney, Adriana Asti, Chuck Feeney, Tommy Lapid, Franco Interlenghi, and Rubens de Falco. Among people deceased in 2015, E. L. Doctorow ranks 133. Before him are James Aldridge, Wim Ruska, Diana Douglas, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Doris Hart, and Moses Malone. After him are Phil Taylor, André Glucksmann, Jørgen Ingmann, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Franco Interlenghi, and Carl Djerassi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. L. Doctorow ranks 3,369 out of 18,182. Before him are Kate Hudson (1979), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), Gregory Corso (1930), Don Bluth (1937), Golden State Killer (1945), and John Amos (1939). After him are Milton L. Humason (1891), Robert Foxworth (1941), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Russell Means (1939), Eddie Albert (1906), and Smokey Robinson (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, E. L. Doctorow ranks 300. Before him are Budd Schulberg (1914), Shere Hite (1942), Harlan Ellison (1934), Harold Robbins (1916), Horace McCoy (1897), and Gregory Corso (1930). After him are Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Lois Lowry (1937), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Elmore Leonard (1925), Robert Penn Warren (1905), and Charlie Kaufman (1958).

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