WRITER

Frederik Pohl

1919 - 2013

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Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led. From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy and its sister magazine If; the latter won three successive annual Hugo Awards as the year's best professional magazine. His 1977 novel Gateway won four "year's best novel" awards: the Hugo voted by convention participants, the Locus voted by magazine subscribers, the Nebula voted by American science-fiction writers, and the juried academic John W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederik Pohl has received more than 609,586 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederik Pohl is the 1,819th most popular writer (up from 1,842nd in 2019), the 2,289th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,386th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 610k

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  • 56.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frederik Pohl ranks 1,819 out of 7,302. Before him are Josep Pla, Agnes Smedley, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Masaoka Shiki, Theodor Nöldeke, and Juan Carlos Onetti. After him are Gregory Tsamblak, Rodulfus Glaber, Xu Shen, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Katia Mann, and Prosper of Aquitaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Frederik Pohl ranks 81. Before him are Christoph Probst, Joop den Uyl, George Wallace, Glafcos Clerides, Uta Hagen, and Peter Abrahams. After him are Mario Bunge, Janko Bobetko, Ernst Barkmann, Marina Ginestà, Hermann Gmeiner, and Margaret Burbidge. Among people deceased in 2013, Frederik Pohl ranks 104. Before him are Glafcos Clerides, Richard Ramirez, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Ray Harryhausen, and Taihō Kōki. After him are Deanna Durbin, Tuncel Kurtiz, Alvin Lee, Rosalía Mera, Colin Wilson, and Dokka Umarov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederik Pohl ranks 2,289 out of 20,380. Before him are John Mauchly (1907), Agnes Smedley (1892), Lorraine Bracco (1954), Pat Hingle (1924), Charles Dow (1851), and Matt Dillon (1964). After him are William E. Moerner (1953), Richard Axel (1946), Paul P. Harris (1868), Stella Adler (1901), Paul Sorvino (1939), and Lee Grant (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frederik Pohl ranks 202. Before him are Patricia Cornwell (1956), Robert Silverberg (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Betty Friedan (1921), and Agnes Smedley (1892). After him are Stephen Crane (1871), Rick Riordan (1964), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), William Moulton Marston (1893), and Paul Goodman (1911).

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