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Edna Ferber

1885 - 1968

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edna Ferber has received more than 735,111 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Edna Ferber is the 3,934th most popular writer (up from 4,222nd in 2019), the 5,296th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,975th in 2019) and the 441st most popular American Writer.

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  • 48.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edna Ferber ranks 3,934 out of 5,755. Before her are Justinas Marcinkevičius, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Gabriel Chevallier, Jan Kott, Marie Marvingt, and Richard Hakluyt. After her are Elisaveta Bagriana, Wu Jingzi, Claribel Alegría, Barbro Lindgren, Kim Hyon-hui, and Adalet Ağaoğlu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Edna Ferber ranks 148. Before her are Albert Betz, Guilhermina Suggia, Romà Forns, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Juhan Kukk, and Charles Bacon. After her are Giovanni Martinelli, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Percy Hobart, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, and Anna Hübler. Among people deceased in 1968, Edna Ferber ranks 136. Before her are Dorothy Gish, Juan José Tramutola, Lajos Csordás, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Charles Bacon, and Aleksei Kruchyonykh. After her are Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Little Walter, Ugo Frigerio, Alexander Gelfond, Harry Stenqvist, and Kōkichi Tsuburaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edna Ferber ranks 5,296 out of 18,182. Before her are Josephine Chaplin (1949), Renée Fleming (1959), Michael B. Jordan (1987), Graham Allison (1940), Spencer Tunick (1967), and Rob Cohen (1949). After her are Beverly Aadland (1942), Joe Manganiello (1976), Margo Martindale (1951), Ray Bolger (1904), Sam Childers (1963), and Bret Easton Ellis (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edna Ferber ranks 441. Before her are T. C. Boyle (1948), Ida B. Wells (1862), Mona Simpson (1957), Leigh Brackett (1915), Mike Resnick (1942), and Gordon Willis (1931). After her are Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Shel Silverstein (1930), Camille Paglia (1947), Margaret Weis (1948), William Wharton (1925), and Daniel Silva (1960).

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