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Katherine Anne Porter

1890 - 1980

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Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet and political activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katherine Anne Porter has received more than 569,607 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Katherine Anne Porter is the 3,652nd most popular writer (up from 3,684th in 2019), the 4,861st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,919th in 2019) and the 412th most popular American Writer.

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  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 3,652 out of 5,755. Before her are Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Nikolay Ogarev, Amado Nervo, Hilary Mantel, Corrado Alvaro, and Farrukhi Sistani. After her are Filippo Buonaccorsi, Laza Kostić, José Emilio Pacheco, Bernardo Guimarães, Abraham Goldfaden, and Wilhelm Küchelbecker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 138. Before her are Elizabeth Bolden, Henri Decoin, Boris Delaunay, Maurice Genevoix, Alexander Granach, and Armas Taipale. After her are Helge Løvland, Cecil Kellaway, Heinrich Zimmer, Moa Martinson, Yitzhak Sadeh, and Joseph Helffrich. Among people deceased in 1980, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 159. Before her are Jean Robic, Boris Delaunay, Dorothy Day, Maurice Genevoix, Mantovani, and Boun Oum. After her are Graham Sutherland, Ahmad Shukeiri, Boris Kaufman, Marcel Langiller, Jijé, and Nihat Erim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 4,861 out of 18,182. Before her are Gregory Hoblit (1944), Jimmy Reed (1925), Fred Kelly (1891), Frederick Lorz (1884), Sylvia Beach (1887), and Ann Wilson (1950). After her are LL Cool J (1968), Donald Keene (1922), Paul Sweezy (1910), Linda Thompson (1950), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), and John Templeton (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 412. Before her are Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Connie Willis (1945), Elaine May (1932), Rube Goldberg (1883), George Washington Williams (1849), and Murray Leinster (1896). After her are E. B. White (1899), Dennis Lehane (1965), Donald Barthelme (1931), Henry Adams (1838), Sue Grafton (1940), and Gloria Vanderbilt (1924).

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