WRITER

Ernie Pyle

1900 - 1945

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Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was an American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Pyle is also notable for the columns he wrote as a roving human-interest reporter from 1935 through 1941 for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate that earned him wide acclaim for his simple accounts of ordinary people across North America. When the United States entered World War II, he lent the same distinctive, folksy style of his human-interest stories to his wartime reports from the European theater (1942–44) and Pacific theater (1945). Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his newspaper accounts of "dogface" infantry soldiers from a first-person perspective. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernie Pyle has received more than 1,206,936 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ernie Pyle is the 5,183rd most popular writer (down from 4,808th in 2019), the 7,436th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,045th in 2019) and the 581st most popular American Writer.

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  • 46.96

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  • 23

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  • 2.03

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  • 3.76

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Notable Works

The merry adventures of Robin Hood
Legends, Juvenile fiction, Robin Hood (Legendary character)
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood retells the legends of the English outlaw Robin Hood, adapting the old ballads to be read by children. The story sees Robin become an outlaw and follows his adventures as he recruits Merry Men and outwits the local authorities. Pyle's stories set a precedent for much of the modern Robin Hood mythology and storytelling.
1892
Otto of the Silver Hand
Middle Ages, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
A courageous boy in the Middle Ages brings an end to the feud between two powerful robber barons.
1888
Men of Iron
History, Fiction, Knights and knighthood
1892
The story of King Arthur and his knights
Folklore, Adaptations, Legends
The thrilling and timeless legend, masterfully illustrated. The story of the incomparable Arthur, the lovely Guinevere, the wicked Morgana le Fey, and the magical Merlin has enthralled and delighted readers for centuries.
1903
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Tristan (Legendary character), Knights and knighthood, Legends
1905
The merry adventures of Robin Hood of great renown in Nottinghamshire
Classic Literature, Fiction, Folklore
The life and times of Everyone's favorite thief Filled with action, villains, and surprises, the legend lives on. Days of old bursting with pageantry, knights, and beautiful maidens return in a superb edition of this favorite classic story.
1800

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ernie Pyle ranks 5,183 out of 7,302. Before him are Adelaide Anne Procter, Alexander Odoevsky, Tony Duvert, Ruth Klüger, Enric Valor i Vives, and Joseph Victor von Scheffel. After him are Grant Allen, Bart D. Ehrman, Maurice Carême, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Antti Tuuri, and Gabriel Miró.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Ernie Pyle ranks 241. Before him are Mikel Koliqi, Cecil Griffiths, Frederick Terman, Elizabeth Goudge, Devdas Gandhi, and Konrad Hirsch. After him are Christian Matras, Nikolai Pogodin, Alice Neel, Zenón Noriega Agüero, Zoltán Lajos Bay, and Stamatios Nikolopoulos. Among people deceased in 1945, Ernie Pyle ranks 304. Before him are Richárd Weisz, Josef Gočár, Emmanuel Foulon, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Cecil Griffiths, and Ernst Ahl. After him are Janko Jesenský, Klaus Junge, Harry Liedtke, Jesús Bermúdez, Gottlieb Haberlandt, and Paolo Salvi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Pyle ranks 7,436 out of 20,380. Before him are Paula Strasberg (1909), Mark Hoppus (1972), Joe Manchin (1947), Cristine Rose (1951), James Stacy (1936), and George Crook (1828). After him are Christy Turlington (1969), Van McCoy (1940), Beth Broderick (1959), Jay Gould (1836), Israel Putnam (1718), and Ronnie Bucknum (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ernie Pyle ranks 581. Before him are Warren Farrell (1943), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Louella Parsons (1881), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Eve Ensler (1953), and Richard Powers (1957). After him are Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Philip Agee (1935), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Lester del Rey (1915), Louis L'Amour (1908), and Theodora Kroeber (1897).

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