WRITER

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 563,106 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Katherine Anne Porter is the 3,920th most popular writer (down from 3,639th in 2019), the 5,090th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,849th in 2019) and the 417th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ship of Fools
Fiction, Ships, Ocean travel
1962
Collected stories
Short stories, American Short stories, Manners and customs
Note: pages 323 and 324 missing.
1964
Short stories
Social life and customs, Fiction, National Book Award Winner
1970
The old order
1944
Flowering Judas and other stories
Short stories
1935
Pale horse, pale rider
Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Fiction
1939

Page views of Katherine Anne Porters by language

Over the past year Katherine Anne Porter has had the most page views in the with 62,180 views, followed by Spanish (4,966), and German (3,832). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (976.92%), Bulgarian (613.54%), and (114.70%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 3,920 out of 7,302. Before her are Jakob Abbadie, Leonidas of Tarentum, Ludwig Anzengruber, César Aira, Gustaf Fröding, and Irakli Abashidze. After her are Taranatha, Moa Martinson, Nuruddin Farah, Elmer Rice, Max Lange, and Humayun Ahmed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 149. Before her are Joseph Helffrich, Alexander Granach, Rudolf von Bünau, Boris Delaunay, Elmer Niklander, and Vera Inber. After her are Moa Martinson, Arthur Holmes, George Horine, Tibor Szamuely, Henri Decoin, and Maurice Genevoix. Among people deceased in 1980, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 174. Before her are Rafael Paasio, Boris Delaunay, Boris Kaufman, George Pal, Arend Heyting, and Marcel Langiller. After her are Aleksander Ford, Andrija Anković, Juan García Oliver, Harri Larva, Graham Sutherland, and Maurice Genevoix.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 5,090 out of 20,380. Before her are Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Tony Williams (1945), Evelyn Ashford (1957), Charlie Mariano (1923), and George Huntington (1850). After her are Mackenyu (1996), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), Frank Foss (1895), Donald Keene (1922), Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), and Mae Murray (1885).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Katherine Anne Porter ranks 417. Before her are Margaret Weis (1948), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Lydia Davis (1947), Michael Blake (1945), Carrie Nation (1846), and Robert E. Sherwood (1896). After her are Elmer Rice (1892), Elizabeth Strout (1956), James Thurber (1894), John Norman (1931), Susanna Kaysen (1948), and Pauline Kael (1919).

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