WRITER

Jean Stafford

1915 - 1979

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Jean Stafford (July 1, 1915 – March 26, 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Stafford has received more than 187,084 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jean Stafford is the 6,309th most popular writer (down from 6,223rd in 2019), the 11,282nd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,779th in 2019) and the 831st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Stafford ranks 6,309 out of 7,302. Before her are Kate Morton, Joanna Baillie, Wayne C. Booth, Frances Harper, John Toll, and William H. Gass. After her are Humphrey Carpenter, Brian Moore, Alastair Reynolds, Dick King-Smith, Sandra Cisneros, and Bill Bright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Jean Stafford ranks 274. Before her are Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Jaroslav Volak, Antonio Giolitti, Elizabeth Catlett, Claudia Testoni, and Ralph Bishop. After her are Carla Marangoni, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Helmut Niedermayr, Yvonne Mitchell, Harry Edison, and Howard Cooke. Among people deceased in 1979, Jean Stafford ranks 279. Before her are Carlyle S. Beals, Jan Pijnenburg, Zoltán Várkonyi, Jimmy McCulloch, Peter Donlon, and Angus MacLise. After her are Margaret Harwood, Yuri Krylov, Edgar Buchanan, Walter Dietrich, Charlotte Mineau, and Yvonne Mitchell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Stafford ranks 11,282 out of 20,380. Before her are William H. Gass (1924), Branford Marsalis (1960), Yolanda King (1955), Hugh Marlowe (1911), Big Joe Williams (1903), and Tamara Dobson (1947). After her are Steven Weber (1961), Ormond Stone (1847), Pat Flaherty (1926), Wanda Sykes (1964), Gail Devers (1966), and Colin Edwards (1974).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jean Stafford ranks 831. Before her are Colleen Hoover (1979), Lynne Cox (1957), Wayne C. Booth (1921), Frances Harper (1825), John Toll (1952), and William H. Gass (1924). After her are Sandra Cisneros (1954), Bill Bright (1921), Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), Alyson Noël (1965), Naomi Wolf (1962), and Richard Wilbur (1921).

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