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Erskine Caldwell

1903 - 1987

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Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933), won him critical acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erskine Caldwell has received more than 432,100 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Erskine Caldwell is the 1,270th most popular writer (down from 1,054th in 2019), the 1,495th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,260th in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Writer.

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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erskine Caldwell ranks 1,270 out of 7,302. Before him are Cosmas of Prague, Lu Yu, Kassia, Stobaeus, Yeghishe Charents, and Lobsang Rampa. After him are Edmond François Valentin About, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Marcus Minucius Felix, Robert Sheckley, Chūya Nakahara, and Siegfried Kracauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Erskine Caldwell ranks 68. Before him are Vincente Minnelli, Maud Lewis, Raymond Radiguet, Tamam Shud case, Louis Leakey, and Irving Stone. After him are Joan Robinson, Sadegh Hedayat, Fritz Bauer, Waldemar Hoven, Kim Chaek, and Maria Reiche. Among people deceased in 1987, Erskine Caldwell ranks 40. Before him are Didier Pironi, André Masson, Einar Gerhardsen, Douglas Sirk, Luis Federico Leloir, and Peter Tosh. After him are Américo Tomás, Peter Medawar, Mahadevi Varma, Naji al-Ali, Henry Ford II, and William Stuart-Houston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erskine Caldwell ranks 1,495 out of 20,380. Before him are W. Eugene Smith (1918), Kelly Preston (1962), David McClelland (1917), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Stonewall Jackson (1824), and William Nordhaus (1941). After him are Herbert Blomstedt (1927), David Graf (1950), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Merton Miller (1923), Kalākaua (1836), and Macaulay Culkin (1980).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Erskine Caldwell ranks 139. Before him are Ida Tarbell (1857), Martha Gellhorn (1908), Harry Harrison (1925), James Patterson (1947), Irving Stone (1903), and Clive Cussler (1931). After him are Robert Sheckley (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Poul Anderson (1926), Danielle Steel (1947), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), and Ken Kesey (1935).

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