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James Oliver Curwood

1878 - 1927

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James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Oliver Curwood has received more than 157,928 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. James Oliver Curwood is the 1,350th most popular writer (down from 1,312th in 2019), the 1,704th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,541st in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 160k

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.94

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  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Oliver Curwood ranks 1,350 out of 5,755Before him are Stig Dagerman, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Samuel R. Delany, Daniel Pennac, Ibn Khallikan, and Sharafkhan Bidlisi. After him are Ubertino of Casale, Adam de la Halle, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Edward Albee, Norman Mailer, and Diana Gabaldon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, James Oliver Curwood ranks 42Before him are Georg Kaiser, Clemens August Graf von Galen, Mahmud Barzanji, Slavko Kvaternik, Yosano Akiko, and Stepan Shaumian. After him are Angelica Balabanoff, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Kōki Hirota, Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Milan Hodža. Among people deceased in 1927, James Oliver Curwood ranks 30Before him are Yusef of Morocco, Wilhelm Johannsen, Max Hoffmann, Enrique Simonet, Shote Galica, and Li Dazhao. After him are Michael Ancher, Saad Zaghloul, Boris Kustodiev, Vilhelm Thomsen, Sisowath of Cambodia, and Louise Abbéma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 1,704 out of 18,182Before him are Charles Mingus (1922), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Robert E. Park (1864), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Tom Regan (1938), and Charles Eames (1907). After him are Thomas Haden Church (1960), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Jessye Norman (1945), Richard Jenkins (1947), Adrien Brody (1973), and Jerry Stiller (1927).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 162Before him are Robert Sheckley (1928), Don DeLillo (1936), Robert Bloch (1917), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), William Styron (1925), and Samuel R. Delany (1942). After him are Edward Albee (1928), Norman Mailer (1923), Diana Gabaldon (1952), James Patterson (1947), Thornton Wilder (1897), and Martin Gardner (1914).