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Lucille Clifton

1936 - 2010

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Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucille Clifton has received more than 296,477 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucille Clifton is the 6,294th most popular writer (down from 5,605th in 2019), the 14,271st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,898th in 2019) and the 1,021st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lucille Clifton ranks 6,294 out of 5,755Before her are George Will, Lui Morais, Sara Ahmed, Sherman Alexie, Bethany Hamilton, and Attila Bartis. After her are Sushmita Banerjee, Jorge Majfud, Rainbow Rowell, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ruth Park, and Jorge Volpi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lucille Clifton ranks 497Before her are Saginaw Grant, Fleur Mellor, Virginia Hamilton, Freddy Cannon, Garfield Sobers, and Sushma Seth. After her are Sue Ane Langdon, John Danforth, Alcee Hastings, Maurice Setters, and Chilla Porter. Among people deceased in 2010, Lucille Clifton ranks 430Before her are Frances Reid, Edwin Morgan, Kage Baker, Fatima Meer, Abdolmalek Rigi, and William B. Saxbe. After her are Ruth Park, Antonio Pettigrew, Ronnie Clayton, Mark Linkous, Andrew Koenig, and Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucille Clifton ranks 14,271 out of 18,182Before her are Millard Hampton (1956), Taylor Cole (1984), Kendra Wilkinson (1985), Michael Foreman (1957), Chi Cheng (1970), and Sam Jones III (1983). After her are Barrett Foa (1977), Grace Gummer (1986), Joey Logano (1990), Penn Jillette (1955), Dave England (1969), and Melina Perez (1979).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lucille Clifton ranks 1,021Before her are Joaquin Miller (1837), Charles Portis (1933), David Frawley (1950), George Will (1941), Sherman Alexie (1966), and Bethany Hamilton (1990). After her are Rainbow Rowell (1973), Conrad Richter (1890), Catherine Asaro (1955), Anthony Doerr (1973), Maggie Stiefvater (1981), and Diablo Cody (1978).