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Gene Wolfe

1931 - 2019

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Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and novelist, and won many literary awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Wolfe has received more than 1,202,921 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Wolfe is the 3,555th most popular writer (up from 3,583rd in 2019), the 4,558th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,747th in 2019) and the 381st most popular American Writer.

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  • 58.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gene Wolfe ranks 3,555 out of 7,302. Before him are Bertus Aafjes, Ibn Bibi, Onomacritus, Leslie Stephen, Charles Malik, and Aboul-Qacem Echebbi. After him are Angelos Sikelianos, Natsuo Kirino, Tōson Shimazaki, Edith Durham, Joss Whedon, and Oppian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Gene Wolfe ranks 264. Before him are Alvin Ailey, Kyōko Kagawa, Richard Ratsimandrava, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Donald Barthelme, and Stelios Kazantzidis. After him are Paavo Haavikko, Alex Soler-Roig, José Alencar, Vizma Belševica, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Nicole Courcel. Among people deceased in 2019, Gene Wolfe ranks 224. Before him are José Nápoles, Fahrudin Jusufi, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Elio Sgreccia, John Tate, and Alain Barrière. After him are Dick Miller, Johnny Clegg, Peter Snell, Luciano De Crescenzo, Carlo Maria Abate, and Julie Adams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Wolfe ranks 4,558 out of 20,380. Before him are Pamela Tiffin (1942), Andrew Robinson (1942), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Nick Cassavetes (1959), William Livingston (1723), and Richard E. Stearns (1936). After him are Pete Maravich (1947), Bobby Vinton (1935), Ben Adams (1890), Michael Chang (1972), Dick Miller (1928), and Stephen J. Cannell (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gene Wolfe ranks 381. Before him are Sara Teasdale (1884), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), Donald Barthelme (1931), Howard Pyle (1853), and Cotton Mather (1663). After him are Joss Whedon (1964), Robert W. Chambers (1865), Emma Lazarus (1849), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Charles Fort (1874), and Lillian Hellman (1905).

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