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Grace Paley

1922 - 2007

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Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 – August 22, 2007), née Goodside, was an American short story author, poet, teacher, and political activist. Paley wrote three critically acclaimed collections of short stories, which were compiled in the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Collected Stories in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grace Paley has received more than 356,438 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Grace Paley is the 5,547th most popular writer (down from 5,078th in 2019), the 8,304th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,687th in 2019) and the 642nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Begin again
1992
The little disturbances of man
Fiction, Social life and customs, Jews
Grace Paley explores the "little disturbances" that lie behind our everyday lives. Whether writing about sexy little girls, loving and bickering couples, angry suburbanites, frustrated job-seekers, or Jewish children performing a Christmas play, she captures the loneliness, poignancy, and humor of human experience with matchless style.
1959
Short stories
Fiction, Jews, Social life and customs
1994
Fidelity
2008
Later the same day
1985
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Social life and customs, United States in fiction, Fiction
1974
The little disturbances of man
Fiction, Social life and customs, Jews
Grace Paley explores the "little disturbances" that lie behind our everyday lives. Whether writing about sexy little girls, loving and bickering couples, angry suburbanites, frustrated job-seekers, or Jewish children performing a Christmas play, she captures the loneliness, poignancy, and humor of human experience with matchless style.
1959
Begin again
Poetry (poetic works by one author), New York Times reviewed
1992
The collected stories
Fiction, Jews, Social life and customs
Contains all stories from "The little disturbances of man", "Enormous changes at the last minute" and "Later the same day".
1994
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
alcoholism, baptism, Classic Literature
1999
Later the same day
Fiction, City and town life in fiction, Social life and customs
1985
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Social life and customs, United States in fiction, Fiction
1974

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Grace Paley ranks 5,547 out of 7,302. Before her are Meindert DeJong, Antoni Lange, Þórbergur Þórðarson, John Esposito, Tom Robbins, and Ferdinand von Schirach. After her are Joe Sacco, Melih Cevdet Anday, Larry McMurtry, Michiel de Swaen, Anita Desai, and Kerstin Gier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Grace Paley ranks 350. Before her are Margaret Leighton, Rudolf Illovszky, José Craveirinha, Giorgio Anglesio, Kuno Klötzer, and Arthur Wightman. After her are Irina Antonova, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Umberto Betti, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Melvin Laird, and Gustaf Jansson. Among people deceased in 2007, Grace Paley ranks 315. Before her are Anne McLaren, Krystyna Feldman, The Fabulous Moolah, Tetsuo Okamoto, Anita Roddick, and Giorgio Anglesio. After her are Pief Panofsky, Madeleine L'Engle, Srđan Mrkušić, Laraine Day, Atilio Cremaschi, and Leslie Orgel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grace Paley ranks 8,304 out of 20,380. Before her are Missy Elliott (1971), John Exley (1867), Riddick Bowe (1967), Tom Robbins (1932), Michelle Trachtenberg (1985), and Kal Penn (1977). After her are Ricky Schroder (1970), Tenley Albright (1935), Marcus Hurley (1883), Jesse Helms (1921), Brandon deWilde (1942), and David Raksin (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Grace Paley ranks 642. Before her are Norman Cousins (1915), Tim Powers (1952), Rick Warren (1954), Kenneth Burke (1897), John Esposito (1940), and Tom Robbins (1932). After her are Larry McMurtry (1936), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Steven Millhauser (1943), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), and Marilyn Ferguson (1938).

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