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John Crowe Ransom

1888 - 1974

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John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 – July 3, 1974) was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Crowe Ransom has received more than 246,390 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Crowe Ransom is the 6,203rd most popular writer (down from 5,472nd in 2019), the 13,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,802nd in 2019) and the 986th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Crowe Ransom ranks 6,203 out of 5,755Before him are Charles Krauthammer, Anna Burns, Pat Cadigan, Craig Thomas, Jay Asher, and Junot Díaz. After him are Cyril Montana, Seth Meyers, Marian Keyes, Mark Manson, Ilija Trojanow, and Laurent Gaudé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, John Crowe Ransom ranks 247Before him are Thomas Sopwith, Tor Lund, Daniel Norling, Monty Woolley, Clarence DeMar, and Clemence Dane. After him are Jay Gould II and Lewis Tewanima. Among people deceased in 1974, John Crowe Ransom ranks 236Before him are Edna Best, Anders Lange, Patricia Collinge, Ken Myers, Dorothy Fields, and Eric Linklater. After him is Norman Kirk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Crowe Ransom ranks 13,385 out of 18,182Before him are Gordon MacRae (1921), Carl E. Walz (1955), Jay Asher (1975), Udonis Haslem (1980), Sharon Leal (1972), and Alexandra Shipp (1991). After him are Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (1969), Dan Calichman (1968), Randy Travis (1959), Jeff Nichols (1978), Austin Amelio (1988), and Andre Phillips (1959).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Crowe Ransom ranks 986Before him are Jeff VanderMeer (1968), Virginia Hamilton (1936), Charles Krauthammer (1950), Pat Cadigan (1953), Craig Thomas (1971), and Jay Asher (1975). After him are Seth Meyers (1973), Mark Manson (1984), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), Chris Morgan (1966), Andy Rooney (1919), and Becca Fitzpatrick (1979).