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Joseph Campbell

1904 - 1987

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Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Campbell has received more than 4,664,375 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Joseph Campbell is the 707th most popular writer (up from 745th in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from United States (up from 804th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Writer.

Joseph Campbell is most famous for his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In this book, he discusses the archetypal hero's journey, which consists of three phases: separation, initiation, and return.

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

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  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Campbell ranks 707 out of 5,755. Before him are Arto Paasilinna, John Dos Passos, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Frederick Forsyth, and Chevalier d'Éon. After him are Tukaram, Jin Yong, Alexander Blok, Louise Hay, Bruno Schulz, and David Irving.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Joseph Campbell ranks 36. Before him are Dmitry Kabalevsky, Witold Gombrowicz, Hans Morgenthau, Ernst Mayr, Willem de Kooning, and Wendell Meredith Stanley. After him are George F. Kennan, Louis Néel, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Odilo Globočnik, Antonín Novotný, and Alejo Carpentier. Among people deceased in 1987, Joseph Campbell ranks 26. Before him are Lee Byung-chul, Andrés Segovia, Jascha Heifetz, Fahri Korutürk, Jacqueline du Pré, and Lee Marvin. After him are Jacques Anquetil, Jean Anouilh, Nobusuke Kishi, Jaco Pastorius, Georg Wittig, and Erskine Caldwell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Campbell ranks 800 out of 18,182. Before him are John Reed (1887), Charlie Sheen (1965), James Cronin (1931), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Lee Marvin (1924), and Charles H. Townes (1915). After him are Robert Solow (1924), Danny Glover (1946), John Belushi (1949), Theodore Schultz (1902), Hilary Putnam (1926), and Stanford Moore (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joseph Campbell ranks 81. Before him are Nellie Bly (1864), H. L. Mencken (1880), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Neal Cassady (1926), Dashiell Hammett (1894), and John Dos Passos (1896). After him are Louise Hay (1926), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Raymond Carver (1938), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Solomon Northup (1808), and Sinclair Lewis (1885).

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