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H.D.

1886 - 1961

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Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-garde Imagist group of poets with American expatriate poet and critic Ezra Pound. During this early period, her minimalist free verse poems depicting Classical motifs drew international attention. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H.D. has received more than 671,657 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). H.D. is the 2,808th most popular writer (up from 2,916th in 2019), the 3,682nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,745th in 2019) and the 332nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

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  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, H.D. ranks 2,808 out of 5,755Before her are Louis of Granada, Nonius Marcellus, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Bo Carpelan, Marco Foscarini, and Lucius Afranius. After her are Jean Ray, Miguel Torga, Józef Czapski, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Giovanni Pontano, and Leon Uris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, H.D. ranks 133Before her are Hitoshi Imamura, José Linhares, Itzhak Katzenelson, Pierre Benoit, Al Jolson, and Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke. After her are Ernst May, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Aloïse Corbaz, Anandyn Amar, Felix Timmermans, and Rebecca Clarke. Among people deceased in 1961, H.D. ranks 72Before her are Jeff Chandler, Hélène Dutrieu, Gustav Ucicky, Hubert Van Innis, Anton Flettner, and Thomas Beecham. After her are Camille Guérin, Nicola Canali, Václav Talich, Edith Wilson, Andrzej Munk, and Marion Davies.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, H.D. ranks 3,682 out of 18,182Before her are Mildred Natwick (1905), Robert Montgomery (1904), Milo Ventimiglia (1977), Alan Sokal (1955), Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), and Jay Cutler (1973). After her are Renée Taylor (1933), Cherry Jones (1956), Stewart Copeland (1952), Marc Mitscher (1887), Josh Holloway (1969), and Dean Jones (1931).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, H.D. ranks 332Before her are Henry Kuttner (1915), David Eddings (1931), Laura Bridgman (1829), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Hubert Selby Jr. (1928). After her are Leon Uris (1924), Andre Norton (1912), Lucia Berlin (1936), Katherine Jackson (1930), James A. Michener (1907), and Booker T. Washington (1856).