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Gregory Corso

1930 - 2001

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Gregory Nunzio Corso (March 26, 1930 – January 17, 2001) was an American poet and a key member of the Beat movement. He was one of the youngest of the inner circle of Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory Corso has received more than 447,512 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Gregory Corso is the 2,585th most popular writer (up from 2,666th in 2019), the 3,365th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,420th in 2019) and the 299th most popular American Writer.

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  • 450k

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  • 53.02

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gregory Corso ranks 2,585 out of 5,755Before him are August von Platen-Hallermünde, Béla Király, Đura Jakšić, John Moschus, Gustave Kahn, and Sulpicia. After him are Marlen Haushofer, E. L. Doctorow, Robert M. Parker Jr., Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Al-Farazdaq, and Mariana Alcoforado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Gregory Corso ranks 197Before him are Pyotr Bolotnikov, Richie Ginther, Gholamreza Takhti, José Águas, FM-2030, and Uladzimir Karatkievich. After him are Veljo Tormis, Lazar Berman, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Jacques Tits, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, and Frederick Wiseman. Among people deceased in 2001, Gregory Corso ranks 100Before him are Mauro Bolognini, Mortimer J. Adler, Kristina Söderbaum, Jason Miller, Ken Tyrrell, and Tamara Smirnova. After him are Josef Klaus, Stefan Heym, Georgy Vitsin, William P. Rogers, Robert Enrico, and Ken Aston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Corso ranks 3,365 out of 18,182Before him are Sonny Landham (1941), Barbara Kruger (1945), Monte Melkonian (1957), Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), Kate Hudson (1979), and Charles J. Guiteau (1841). After him are Don Bluth (1937), Golden State Killer (1945), John Amos (1939), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Milton L. Humason (1891), and Robert Foxworth (1941).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gregory Corso ranks 299Before him are Lawrence Block (1938), Budd Schulberg (1914), Shere Hite (1942), Harlan Ellison (1934), Harold Robbins (1916), and Horace McCoy (1897). After him are E. L. Doctorow (1931), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Lois Lowry (1937), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Elmore Leonard (1925), and Robert Penn Warren (1905).