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James Dickey

1923 - 1997

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James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Dickey has received more than 682,529 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Dickey is the 5,571st most popular writer (down from 5,264th in 2019), the 9,505th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,381st in 2019) and the 732nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Dickey ranks 5,571 out of 5,755. Before him are Brian Moore, Peter Gould, Stephen R. Donaldson, Andreas Eschbach, Stanisław Barańczak, and Gillian Flynn. After him are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Meindert DeJong, Birger Sjöberg, Jodi Picoult, Kurt Marti, and Anna Haava.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, James Dickey ranks 385. Before him are Viktor Shuvalov, Larry Storch, Willie Steele, Percy Heath, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, and Horace Ashenfelter. After him are Basil Hume, Ted Stevens, George Mostow, Brian Naylor, Forbes Burnham, and Mae Young. Among people deceased in 1997, James Dickey ranks 255. Before him are Ivor Allchurch, Michael Manley, Reinhard Lauck, Francis Johnson, Frank Parker, and Sheldon Leonard. After him are Mikhail Anikushin, LaVern Baker, Amleto Frignani, Owen Barfield, Gul Mohammed, and Jimmy Witherspoon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Dickey ranks 9,505 out of 18,182. Before him are Juliet Landau (1965), Marc Blucas (1972), Torrey DeVitto (1984), Moira Kelly (1968), Eddie Harris (1934), and Sean Paul Lockhart (1986). After him are Richard Hofstadter (1916), Candice King (1987), Dusty Anderson (1918), Nicholas Brendon (1971), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), and Kevin Nealon (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Dickey ranks 732. Before him are Terry Bisson (1942), Bess Meredyth (1890), Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), Peter Gould (1950), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), and Gillian Flynn (1971). After him are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Jodi Picoult (1966), Chaz Bono (1969), Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), Tom Brokaw (1940), and Ransom Riggs (1979).

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