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Jean Stafford

1915 - 1979

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Jean Stafford (July 1, 1915 – March 26, 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist who shared the same name with Country music singer Jean Stafford. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Jean Stafford is the 6,872nd most popular writer (down from 6,308th in 2024), the 14,619th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,278th in 2019) and the 1,038th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jean Stafford ranks 6,872 out of 7,302. Before her are Alex Hirsch, Timothy Findley, Pierdomenico Baccalario, Kristina Ohlsson, D. C. Fontana, and Ken Levine. After her are Patrick Besson, Noah Hawley, John Ralston Saul, Heston Blumenthal, Muhammad al-'Arifi, and Donna Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Jean Stafford ranks 299. Before her are Bobby Hackett, Patricia Ellis, Barbara Billingsley, Archie Williams, Richard Webb, and Dorothy Dell. After her are Martha Tilton, Howard Cooke, Potter Stewart, Jean Brooks, Toby Wing, and Chetan Anand. Among people deceased in 1979, Jean Stafford ranks 298. Before her are Jack Mulhall, Dick Foran, Nicholas Monsarrat, Allen Tate, Frank Fredrickson, and Claudia Jennings. After her are Doris Kenyon, James T. Farrell, William Gargan, Dorothy Peterson, Yelena Kuzmina, and Scott Vincent.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Stafford ranks 14,623 out of 20,380. Before her are Haviland Morris (1959), Reubin Askew (1928), D. C. Fontana (1939), Ken Levine (1966), Billy Sherwood (1965), and Sean Johnson (1989). After her are Pat O'Brien (1968), Thomas Kinkade (1958), Yvette Vickers (1928), Robert Seguso (1963), Ed Schafer (1946), and Asia Muhammad (1991).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jean Stafford ranks 1,038. Before her are Ann C. Crispin (1950), Mark Van Doren (1894), Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Alex Hirsch (1985), D. C. Fontana (1939), and Ken Levine (1966). After her are Noah Hawley (1967), Susan Faludi (1959), Brannon Braga (1965), David X. Cohen (1966), Elaine Showalter (1941), and Jeannette Walls (1960).

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