WRITER

Frank O'Hara

1926 - 1966

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Francis Russell "Frank" O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American writer, poet, and art critic. A curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is regarded as a leading figure in the New York School, an informal group of artists, writers, and musicians who drew inspiration from jazz, surrealism, abstract expressionism, action painting, and contemporary avant-garde art movements. O'Hara's poetry is personal in tone and content, and has been described as sounding "like entries in a diary". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank O'Hara has received more than 896,219 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Frank O'Hara is the 5,055th most popular writer (up from 5,103rd in 2019), the 7,112th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,767th in 2019) and the 565th most popular American Writer.

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  • 23

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  • 2.63

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  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frank O'Hara ranks 5,055 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter S. Beagle, Naomi Klein, Mahmud Taymur, Arvid August Afzelius, Martín Luis Guzmán, and Mikalojus Daukša. After him are Roger Vercel, Jean Cassou, Kama Sywor Kamanda, Béatrix Beck, José Eustasio Rivera, and Eliza Acton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Frank O'Hara ranks 356. Before him are Joe Slovo, Anneliese Rothenberger, James Best, Dietmar Schönherr, Carlos Roberto Reina, and Julius Katchen. After him are Víctor Ugarte, Charlotte Rae, Hermann Kant, Kurt Schmied, Clifford Husbands, and Robert Jay Lifton. Among people deceased in 1966, Frank O'Hara ranks 168. Before him are Georges Theunis, Iosif Czako, Hilde Schrader, Julia Faye, Robert Charpentier, and Margery Allingham. After him are Herbert Marshall, Wallace Ford, Bernard Schmetz, Paula Strasberg, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and Felix Andries Vening Meinesz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank O'Hara ranks 7,112 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Glover (1932), Kay Sage (1898), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Alexandra Hedison (1969), and Rose Marie (1923). After him are Carol Shaw (1955), Craig Jones (1972), Jason Segel (1980), Charlotte Rae (1926), Edwin Hedley (1864), and Al Matthews (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frank O'Hara ranks 565. Before him are Joanna Russ (1937), Paul Theroux (1941), William Gibson (1914), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Walter J. Ong (1912), and Peter S. Beagle (1939). After him are Michael Cristofer (1945), Stephen Hunter (1946), Elaine May (1932), David Belasco (1853), John O'Hara (1905), and Alan Dean Foster (1946).

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