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Josephine Johnson

1910 - 1990

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Josephine Winslow Johnson (June 20, 1910 – February 27, 1990) was an American novelist, poet, and essayist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1935 at age 24 for her first novel, Now in November. She is the youngest person to win the Pulitzer for Fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josephine Johnson has received more than 64,691 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Josephine Johnson is the 6,575th most popular writer, the 12,774th most popular biography from United States and the 928th most popular American Writer.

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  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josephine Johnson ranks 6,575 out of 7,302. Before her are R. S. Thomas, Robert Henryson, John Stossel, Judith Hermann, Phil Donahue, and Annie Dillard. After her are Terence Winter, M. H. Abrams, Jenni Haukio, Brian Stableford, Vin Scully, and Grant Morrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Josephine Johnson ranks 402. Before her are Irene Sharaff, Sally Blane, David Lack, Ilona Massey, Frank Loesser, and Francis Johnson. After her are F. F. Bruce, Steven S. DeKnight, Aileen Meagher, Ruthie Tompson, Marguerite Churchill, and Nicholas Monsarrat. Among people deceased in 1990, Josephine Johnson ranks 307. Before her are Adam Papée, Leopold Neumer, Elizabeth Allan, Peter Doherty, József Moravetz, and Jean Wallace. After her are F. F. Bruce, Fortune Gordien, Arthur Goldberg, Dorothy Mackaill, Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, and Sergio Franchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Josephine Johnson ranks 12,774 out of 20,380. Before her are Jerry Heidenreich (1950), Rodger Bumpass (1951), Robert Smalls (1839), Kathryn P. Hire (1959), Ed McMahon (1923), and Frank Borghi (1925). After her are Kira Reed (1971), Ana Ortiz (1971), Terence Winter (1960), Charles Austin (1967), P. J. Byrne (1974), and Henry Warner Slocum (1827).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Josephine Johnson ranks 928. Before her are Stanley Kunitz (1905), Michael Pollan (1955), Gregory S. Paul (1954), John Stossel (1947), Phil Donahue (1935), and Annie Dillard (1945). After her are Terence Winter (1960), M. H. Abrams (1912), Vin Scully (1927), Mitch Albom (1958), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), and MacKinlay Kantor (1904).

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