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John O'Hara

1905 - 1970

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John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style. He became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8. While O'Hara's legacy as a writer is debated, his work was praised by such contemporaries as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his champions rank him highly among the major under-appreciated American writers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John O'Hara has received more than 495,662 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John O'Hara is the 4,588th most popular writer (down from 4,002nd in 2019), the 6,536th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,509th in 2019) and the 524th most popular American Writer.

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  • 500k

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  • 46.67

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John O'Hara ranks 4,588 out of 5,755Before him are Yordan Yovkov, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Juan de Mena, Iakob Tsurtaveli, Chester Himes, and Dante Spinotti. After him are Alexander Abusch, Nikolai Klyuev, William of Poitiers, James E. Gunn, Jaroslav Pelikan, and W. S. Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, John O'Hara ranks 244Before him are John Lyng, Albert W. Tucker, Floyd Gottfredson, Franco Albini, Vicente Trueba, and Albrecht Unsöld. After him are Leopold Hofmann, Emerich Vogl, Stanisław Mazur, Philip Ahn, La Jana, and Erico Verissimo. Among people deceased in 1970, John O'Hara ranks 183Before him are Alice Hamilton, Dora Boothby, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Vano Muradeli, and Andrejs Upīts. After him are István Kozma, Fritz von Unruh, Lee Barnes, Helene Madison, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and Ludovico Bidoglio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John O'Hara ranks 6,536 out of 18,182Before him are Susan Howard (1944), Pete Ricketts (1964), Ann Dowd (1956), Anya Taylor-Joy (1996), Glenne Headly (1955), and Richard Kind (1956). After him are Kenny Drew (1928), Edward Ruscha (1937), Gladys West (1930), Richard Bass (1929), John Hammond (1910), and Brian Setzer (1959).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John O'Hara ranks 524Before him are Melissa Mathison (1950), Arthur Golden (1956), Timothy Zahn (1951), Richard Powers (1957), David Weber (1952), and Chester Himes (1909). After him are James E. Gunn (1923), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), Eudora Welty (1909), Frank Norris (1870), Judith Krantz (1928), and Julie Garwood (1946).