WRITER

Edwin Arlington Robinson

1869 - 1935

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Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Arlington Robinson has received more than 331,262 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Arlington Robinson is the 5,642nd most popular writer (down from 5,524th in 2019), the 8,569th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,331st in 2019) and the 660th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Collected poems
Accessible book, Adaptations, American poetry
1921
The man against the sky
Poetry, Tobacco
1916
Van Zorn
Accessible book
1914
Collected poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson
Arthurian romances, Adaptations, Poetry
1921
Tristram
Tristan (Legendary character), Poetry, Tristan
1927
The town down the river
1910

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edwin Arlington Robinson ranks 5,642 out of 7,302. Before him are Olavi Paavolainen, Karin Slaughter, Jerry Falwell, Masih Alinejad, Eugène Dabit, and Zitkala-Sa. After him are Michael Scott, Carsten Jensen, Kate Wilhelm, George William Russell, Herman Teirlinck, and MacKenzie Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Edwin Arlington Robinson ranks 141. Before him are Helene Stöcker, Henriette Roland Holst, Harry Stafford, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Albert Engström, and Bill Haywood. After him are Gerrit Smith Miller, Zaida Ben-Yusuf, Booth Tarkington, Stephen Leacock, William Murrill, and Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf. Among people deceased in 1935, Edwin Arlington Robinson ranks 129. Before him are Herbert Giles, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Vernon Lee, Guido Balzarini, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, and Herbert Ponting. After him are George William Russell, Aimé Haegeman, Jón Þorláksson, Nikodem Caro, James Quibell, and Bernhard Britz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Arlington Robinson ranks 8,569 out of 20,380. Before him are James Broderick (1927), Steve Harwell (1967), Chuck Mangione (1940), Christian Pulisic (1998), Zitkala-Sa (1876), and Ernie Davis (1939). After him are Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Jennifer Batten (1957), Alice Calhoun (1900), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), Marston Morse (1892), and Orrin Hatch (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edwin Arlington Robinson ranks 660. Before him are Lin Carter (1930), David Benioff (1970), Max Eastman (1883), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Karin Slaughter (1971), and Zitkala-Sa (1876). After him are Kate Wilhelm (1928), MacKenzie Scott (1970), William Blum (1933), Michael Shermer (1954), Kevin Kelly (1952), and Edmund White (1940).

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