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Henry Miller

1891 - 1980

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Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Miller has received more than 3,232,334 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Henry Miller is the 264th most popular writer (down from 259th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from United States (down from 231st in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Writer.

Henry Miller is most famous for his novels Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.

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  • 3.2M

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  • 70.60

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  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Miller ranks 264 out of 5,755. Before him are Henrik Pontoppidan, Frédéric Mistral, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Alcaeus of Mytilene, Jaroslav Hašek, and Alfonso X of Castile. After him are Carlo Goldoni, William Golding, Jordanes, Chrétien de Troyes, Valmiki, and Shams Tabrizi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Henry Miller ranks 12. Before him are Mikhail Bulgakov, Walter Model, James Chadwick, Max Ernst, Edith Stein, and Nelly Sachs. After him are Frederick Banting, Pär Lagerkvist, Walther Bothe, Rudolf Carnap, Rafael Trujillo, and Otto Dix. Among people deceased in 1980, Henry Miller ranks 15. Before him are Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, Jesse Owens, Colonel Sanders, and Oskar Kokoschka. After him are Tamara de Lempicka, Joe Dassin, Marshall McLuhan, Romain Gary, Peter Sellers, and Otto Frank.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Miller ranks 234 out of 18,182. Before him are Colonel Sanders (1890), Cameron Diaz (1972), Michael Jordan (1963), Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), and Robert E. Lee (1807). After him are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Philip Kotler (1931), Rita Hayworth (1918), Brigham Young (1801), and Ted Kaczynski (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Miller ranks 25. Before him are Pearl S. Buck (1892), Ray Bradbury (1920), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Philip K. Dick (1928), Coen brothers (null), and Walt Whitman (1819). After him are Margaret Mitchell (1900), Mario Puzo (1920), Raymond Chandler (1888), Jack Kerouac (1922), Ezra Pound (1885), and Arthur Miller (1915).

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