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James Merrill

1926 - 1995

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James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for Divine Comedies. His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his early career, and the epic narrative of occult communication with spirits and angels, titled The Changing Light at Sandover (published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980), which dominated his later career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Merrill has received more than 335,621 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Merrill is the 6,818th most popular writer (down from 6,167th in 2019), the 14,245th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,294th in 2019) and the 1,033rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

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  • 37.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Selected poems, 1946-1985
Poetry
1992
Routledge Handbook of Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Development
Language and languages, study and teaching, Second language acquisition, Language and languages
2018
Unified Theory of Party Competition
Political parties, Democracy, Elections
2005
Biology How Life Works
Biology, Textbooks
1895
University of California Publications in Classical Philology
Classical Philology, Antiquities, Inscriptiions
1904
Biology
Biology, Textbooks
2012

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Merrill ranks 6,818 out of 7,302. Before him are Arvydas Juozaitis, Charles Portis, Sebastian Faulks, Tom Kapinos, Carlos Salem, and Ann Leckie. After him are Louis MacNeice, William Gilmore Simms, Anna Todd, Lena Andersson, Wei Hui, and Federico Andahazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, James Merrill ranks 551. Before him are Dennis Wilshaw, Mona Freeman, Ernest Chapman, Sidney Drell, James M. Beggs, and Bud Yorkin. After him are Mathilde Krim, Johnny Boyd, Nalini Jaywant, Shakti Samanta, John Dingell, and Eric Morecambe. Among people deceased in 1995, James Merrill ranks 329. Before him are Alan Bush, Charles L. Veach, Mary Beth Hughes, Paul Kipkoech, Stuart Milner-Barry, and Chuck Stevenson. After him are Genevieve Tobin, Gale Gordon, Kay Aldridge, Jeffrey Lynn, Alison Hargreaves, and Bill Rowling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Merrill ranks 14,245 out of 20,380. Before him are Ann Leckie (1966), Martin Gabel (1911), MC Eiht (1971), Jeff Bergman (1960), Cheryl Lynn (1957), and Billy Ray (2000). After him are Brandy Ledford (1969), Karl-Anthony Towns (1995), Frank Lovejoy (1912), Jessica Tuck (1963), Albert Brewer (1928), and Bill Hagerty (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Merrill ranks 1,033. Before him are Mary L. Trump (1965), Anne Waldman (1945), Noah Hawley (1967), Charles Portis (1933), Tom Kapinos (1969), and Ann Leckie (1966). After him are William Gilmore Simms (1806), Anna Todd (1989), Michael Goldenberg (1965), Peter Hedges (1962), David Ignatius (1950), and Seth Meyers (1973).

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