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Ken Kesey

1935 - 2001

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Ken Elton Kesey (; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado, and grew up in Springfield, Oregon, graduating from the University of Oregon in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Kesey has received more than 3,314,617 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 56 in 2019). Ken Kesey is the 1,307th most popular writer (down from 1,121st in 2019), the 1,561st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,367th in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Writer.

Ken Kesey is most famous for being the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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  • 65.34

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  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ken Kesey ranks 1,307 out of 7,302. Before him are Aelius Aristides, Danielle Steel, Maurice Barrès, Michel Verne, Eleanor H. Porter, and Alfonsina Storni. After him are Widukind of Corvey, Lina Heydrich, Marcus Garvey, Hunter S. Thompson, Bei Dao, and Khaled al-Asaad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ken Kesey ranks 68. Before him are Wim Duisenberg, Pranab Mukherjee, Elsa Martinelli, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Akira Kitaguchi, and Brian Clough. After him are Roger B. Chaffee, António Ramalho Eanes, Abdou Diouf, Sonny Bono, Dharmendra, and Maj Sjöwall. Among people deceased in 2001, Ken Kesey ranks 50. Before him are Francisco Rabal, Jacques Mayol, David Graf, Edward Gierek, Francisco da Costa Gomes, and Poul Anderson. After him are Emilie Schindler, Birendra of Nepal, Michele Alboreto, Rehavam Ze'evi, Joey Ramone, and Seishiro Shimatani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Kesey ranks 1,561 out of 20,380. Before him are Danielle Steel (1947), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Jordan Belfort (1962), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Chris Cooper (1951), and Burt Bacharach (1928). After him are Vint Cerf (1943), Louis Ignarro (1941), Peter Agre (1949), Holland Taylor (1943), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), and Peter Dinklage (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ken Kesey ranks 145. Before him are Erskine Caldwell (1903), Robert Sheckley (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Poul Anderson (1926), Danielle Steel (1947), and Eleanor H. Porter (1868). After him are Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Maria Shriver (1955), Jean M. Auel (1936), Thornton Wilder (1897), and Diana Gabaldon (1952).

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