WRITER

Irving Stone

1903 - 1989

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Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Stone has received more than 328,155 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Irving Stone is the 1,255th most popular writer (down from 991st in 2019), the 1,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,181st in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Writer.

Irving Stone is most famous for his novels, including The Agony and the Ecstasy, which tells the story of Michelangelo's life.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lust for life
1934
Sailor on horseback
1938
Love is eternal
1954
The agony and the ecstasy
Artists
1961
The President's Lady
1951
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Fiction
A classic historical novel honoring the five hundredth anniversary of the artist's famed David sculpture dramatizes the life of the Renaissance artistic genius Michelangelo, recalls his love affairs, his disputes with cardinals and popes, and his years of working on the Sistine Chapel. Reprint.
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Page views of Irving Stones by language

Over the past year Irving Stone has had the most page views in the with 41,178 views, followed by Russian (17,713), and Polish (5,596). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (54.42%), Silesian (48.36%), and Afrikaans (37.04%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irving Stone ranks 1,255 out of 7,302. Before him are Symeon the New Theologian, James Patterson, Elsa Triolet, Rosamunde Pilcher, Claudio Magris, and Gaius Asinius Pollio. After him are Bâkî, Alexander Afanasyev, Clive Cussler, Roland Topor, Jan Kochanowski, and Sharafkhan Bidlisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Irving Stone ranks 67. Before him are George Davis Snell, Vincente Minnelli, Maud Lewis, Raymond Radiguet, Tamam Shud case, and Louis Leakey. After him are Erskine Caldwell, Joan Robinson, Sadegh Hedayat, Fritz Bauer, Waldemar Hoven, and Kim Chaek. Among people deceased in 1989, Irving Stone ranks 58. Before him are Valentin Glushko, Charles J. Pedersen, Kazimierz Deyna, Rashid Behbudov, Carlos Arias Navarro, and Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz. After him are Hamani Diori, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Kaoru Ishikawa, Karel Zeman, A. J. Ayer, and Leonardo Sciascia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Stone ranks 1,477 out of 20,380. Before him are Rose Kennedy (1890), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Paul Stanley (1952), David Gross (1941), Barry Levinson (1942), and Tom Ford (1961). After him are Margaret Hamilton (1936), Bob Ross (1942), Daniel Bell (1919), George Clinton (1739), Michael Madsen (1957), and Larry Flynt (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Irving Stone ranks 137. Before him are Solomon Northup (1808), Dan Simmons (1948), Ida Tarbell (1857), Martha Gellhorn (1908), Harry Harrison (1925), and James Patterson (1947). After him are Clive Cussler (1931), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Robert Sheckley (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Poul Anderson (1926), and Danielle Steel (1947).

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