WRITER

Elizabeth Strout

1956 - Today

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Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her ten novels. Strout's first novel, Amy and Isabelle (1998), met with widespread critical acclaim, became a national bestseller, and was adapted into a movie starring Elisabeth Shue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Strout has received more than 1,169,545 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Elizabeth Strout is the 3,939th most popular writer (up from 4,306th in 2019), the 5,134th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,957th in 2019) and the 419th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elizabeth Strout ranks 3,939 out of 7,302. Before her are Iraj Mirza, Vasily Trediakovsky, Christiane Amanpour, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Francisco Coloane, and Aleksei Kruchyonykh. After her are James Thurber, William of Apulia, Josefina Pla, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, John Norman, and Arundhati Roy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Elizabeth Strout ranks 203. Before her are Takeshi Okada, Edgar Lungu, Meral Akşener, Victor Pițurcă, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, and Adriana Barraza. After her are Corina Casanova, Val Valentino, Alan Ruck, Gary Cole, Antonio Muñoz Molina, and Said Belqola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Strout ranks 5,134 out of 20,380. Before her are Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Paul Arizin (1928), Greta Gerwig (1983), Johnny Thunders (1952), Carlos Hathcock (1942), and Ross Ulbricht (1984). After her are Tony Accardo (1906), James Thurber (1894), Eileen Heckart (1919), Stephen Root (1951), Sid Haig (1939), and Ann Blyth (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elizabeth Strout ranks 419. Before her are Lydia Davis (1947), Michael Blake (1945), Carrie Nation (1846), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), and Elmer Rice (1892). After her are James Thurber (1894), John Norman (1931), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Pauline Kael (1919), Maxwell Anderson (1888), and Ralph Ellison (1914).

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