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James Salter

1925 - 2015

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James Arnold Horowitz (June 10, 1925 – June 19, 2015), better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters. After a brief career in film writing and film directing, in 1979 Salter published the novel Solo Faces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Salter has received more than 363,915 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Salter is the 3,319th most popular writer (down from 3,258th in 2019), the 4,349th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,280th in 2019) and the 379th most popular American Writer.

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  • 360k

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  • 50.69

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Salter ranks 3,319 out of 5,755Before him are Ferenc Kölcsey, Aleksandrs Čaks, Jean Echenoz, Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Robert Garnier, and Kjeld Abell. After him are Tim Krabbé, Bernardo Atxaga, Tom Stoppard, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, A. Merritt, and Diego Durán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, James Salter ranks 221Before him are Julian Beck, Duane Hanson, Ignacio López Tarso, Ernst Neizvestny, Doris Roberts, and John Cocke. After him are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Olle Hellbom, Mai Zetterling, Czesław Kiszczak, Pierre Mondy, and Jeanne Crain. Among people deceased in 2015, James Salter ranks 176Before him are Johanna Quandt, Elizabeth Wilson, John Henry Holland, Roberto M. Levingston, Xu Caihou, and Mike Porcaro. After him are Moira Orfei, Richard Johnson, Carlo Furno, Roddy Piper, Wan Li, and Walter Burkert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Salter ranks 4,349 out of 18,182Before him are Julie Adams (1926), Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), John G. Trump (1907), Peter Revson (1939), William R. King (1786), and Mark Tobey (1890). After him are Michael Moriarty (1941), Sarah Rafferty (1972), John Spencer (1946), Braxton Bragg (1817), Laurie Metcalf (1955), and Ryan Murphy (1965).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Salter ranks 379Before him are Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Willa Cather (1873), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), and William Steig (1907). After him are A. Merritt (1884), John Ashbery (1927), Richard Yates (1926), Charles Fort (1874), Vince Gilligan (1967), and Michael Cristofer (1945).