WRITER

James Jones

1921 - 1977

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James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Jones has received more than 86,112 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. James Jones is the 942nd most popular writer (down from 924th in 2019), the 1,061st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Writer.

James Jones is most famous for his novel "From Here to Eternity" which is set in Hawaii and follows a group of soldiers stationed there during World War II.

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Notable Works

Haverhill, or, Memoirs of an officer in the army of Wolfe
The Thin Red Line
Fiction, Fiction in English, World War, 1939-1945
Under Milk Wood
Drama, English drama, Villages
A poetic tale of a village told by diverse voices
Whistle
World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Fiction, general
Mark Twain's Library of Humor
American wit and humor, Wit and humor, American wit and humor, social life and customs
From here to eternity
Fiction, Fiction in English, Military History
Mark Twain's Library of Humor
American wit and humor, Wit and humor, American wit and humor, social life and customs
Whistle
World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Fiction, general
This third volume of a trilogy about World War II deals with the effects of the war on the lives of four soldiers.
Under Milk Wood
Drama, English drama, Villages
A poetic tale of a village told by diverse voices
The Thin Red Line
Fiction, Fiction in English, World War, 1939-1945
From here to eternity
National Book Award Winner, award:national_book_award=1952, award:national_book_award=fiction
Great American Short Stories
American fiction, short stories, American Horror tales
Contains: Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving -- [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- [Fall of the house of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Bartleby the scrivener](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102732W/Bartleby_the_Scrivener) / Herman Melville -- Baker's bluejay yarn / Mark Twain -- Tennessee's partner / Bret Harte -- The real thing / Henry James -- The boarded window / Ambrose Bierce -- A village singer / Mary Wilkins Freeman -- Mrs.Ripley's trip / Hamlin Garland -- A muncipial report / O. Henry -- Roman fever / Edith Wharton -- The open boat / Stephen Crane -- Unlighted lamps / Sherwood Anderson -- The man who saw through heaven / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Silent snow, secret snow / Conrad Aiken -- He / Katherine Anne Porter -- The catbird seat / James Thurber -- The little wife / William March -- [Wash](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16245840W/Wash) / William Faulkner -- The snake / John Steinbeck -- To the mountains / Paul Horgan -- Over the river and through the wood / John O'Hara -- The wind and the snow of winter / Walter Van Tilburg Clark -- Powerhouse / Eudora Welty -- In greenwich there are many gravelled walks / Hortense Calisher.

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Jones ranks 942 out of 7,302Before him are Ouyang Xiu, Joyce Carol Oates, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Leconte de Lisle, Rustichello da Pisa, and Nellie Bly. After him are Pierre Larousse, Rubén Darío, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Hans Sachs, L. Frank Baum, and Alexandra David-Néel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, James Jones ranks 53Before him are Kenneth Arrow, Nexhmije Hoxha, Herschel Grynszpan, Georges Brassens, Mary Jackson, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Deborah Kerr, Harald Quandt, Zdeněk Miler, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Louis Jourdan, and Giuseppe Di Stefano. Among people deceased in 1977, James Jones ranks 33Before him are Henri-Georges Clouzot, Edgar Adrian, Peter Finch, Gudrun Ensslin, Groucho Marx, and Sergey Ilyushin. After him are Abdel Halim Hafez, Ali Shariati, Clementine Churchill, Steve Biko, Francis Gary Powers, and Gangubai Kothewali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Jones ranks 1,061 out of 20,380Before him are Jack Kirby (1917), Groucho Marx (1890), Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Alicia Keys (1981), and Nellie Bly (1864). After him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Julian Schwinger (1918), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), L. Frank Baum (1856), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), and Philip Zimbardo (1933).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Jones ranks 104Before him are Walter Lippmann (1889), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Clifford D. Simak (1904), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), and Nellie Bly (1864). After him are L. Frank Baum (1856), Virginia Satir (1916), Stephen Covey (1932), Donna Leon (1942), Will Durant (1885), and Richard Matheson (1926).