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Kathy Acker

1947 - 1997

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Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 [disputed] – November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trauma, sexuality and rebellion. Her writing incorporates pastiche and the cut-up technique, involving cutting-up and scrambling passages and sentences; she also defined her writing as existing in the post-nouveau roman European tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathy Acker has received more than 779,840 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kathy Acker is the 4,780th most popular writer (down from 4,604th in 2019), the 6,965th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,959th in 2019) and the 560th most popular American Writer.

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  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kathy Acker ranks 4,780 out of 5,755. Before her are Alexander Odoevsky, Nigella Lawson, Steven Pressfield, Nicolaas Beets, Hulda Garborg, and Greg Egan. After her are Julio Ramón Ribeyro, David E. Kelley, Jakob van Hoddis, Françoise Mallet-Joris, John Varley, and Kiki Dimoula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kathy Acker ranks 479. Before her are Aneka, Nurlan Balgimbayev, Sara Paretsky, Jaroslav Pollák, Hans Ooft, and Mike Chapman. After her are John Varley, Peter Riegert, Hubert Védrine, William Bonin, Richard Portnow, and Barbara Cassin. Among people deceased in 1997, Kathy Acker ranks 214. Before her are Albín Brunovský, Mikel Koliqi, Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Chūhei Nambu, Roger Marche, and Eugène Guillevic. After her are Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Voldemar Väli, Ivan Yarygin, Lillian Disney, Jean Dréville, and Julio Musimessi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kathy Acker ranks 6,965 out of 18,182. Before her are David Filo (1966), Christine Estabrook (1952), Dwyane Wade (1982), Clarke Scholes (1930), Cleveland Abbe (1838), and Irwin Winkler (1931). After her are McLean Stevenson (1927), Garrick Ohlsson (1948), David E. Kelley (1956), Richmond Landon (1898), Ronda Rousey (1987), and Alan Shugart (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Kathy Acker ranks 560. Before her are Jacqueline Susann (1918), Michael Lewis (1960), John Holt (1923), Sara Paretsky (1947), Warren Farrell (1943), and Jeffrey Eugenides (1960). After her are David E. Kelley (1956), John Varley (1947), Robert Greene (1959), Tobias Wolff (1945), Tom Robbins (1932), and Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923).

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