WRITER

MacKinlay Kantor

1904 - 1977

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MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel, Andersonville. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of MacKinlay Kantor has received more than 183,780 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). MacKinlay Kantor is the 6,585th most popular writer (down from 6,163rd in 2019), the 12,834th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,249th in 2019) and the 934th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Andersonville
Andersonville (Ga.), Andersonville Prison, Fiction
"The greatest of our Civil War novels." - The New York Times The 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning story of the Andersonville Fortress and its use as a concentration camp-like prison by the South during the Civil War.
1955
Long remember
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863, Fiction, Pennsylvania Civil War, 1861-1865
1934
The voice of Bugle Ann
Dog owners, Dogs, Fiction
1935
Happy land
1942
If the South had won the Civil War
Fiction, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
if you have ever wondered what the consequences of a more conciliatory approach to slavery and the south might have been , particularly if you are a pacifist, this book gives a reasonable outcome to a non-violent solution to the problem. And it will appeal to all fans of alternate histories.
1976
Gettysburg
Campaigns, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863, History
Describes the bloodiest engagement of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, and its impact on the people in that part of Pennsylvania.
1952

Page views of MacKinlay Kantors by language

Over the past year MacKinlay Kantor has had the most page views in the with 23,216 views, followed by Persian (1,051), and German (992). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (226.54%), (100.00%), and Egyptian Arabic (95.36%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, MacKinlay Kantor ranks 6,585 out of 7,302. Before him are Vin Scully, Grant Morrison, Mitch Albom, Colley Cibber, Arnon Grunberg, and Karen Joy Fowler. After him are David Gerrold, Sophie Hannah, Sabina Berman, Kerry Kennedy, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, and Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, MacKinlay Kantor ranks 354. Before him are Patrick Kavanagh, Selwyn Lloyd, Anna Neagle, Tom Conway, Mike Bookie, and Libby Holman. After him are Jennison Heaton, Gwen Lee, Alfred Lindley, Dorothy Fields, K. L. Saigal, and Johnny Mack Brown. Among people deceased in 1977, MacKinlay Kantor ranks 277. Before him are Alexander Bustamante, Grațian Sepi, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dorothy Davenport, Allison Hayes, and Fannie Lou Hamer. After him are Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, John L. McClellan, Roop Singh, Tom C. Clark, Brian McGuire, and Charlotte Greenwood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, MacKinlay Kantor ranks 12,834 out of 20,380. Before him are Ashley Laurence (1966), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926), Bob Wills (1905), Frank Kameny (1925), and Brian Boitano (1963). After him are Molly Quinn (1993), David Gerrold (1944), Monica Barbaro (1990), Ruth Asawa (1926), Chris Frantz (1951), and Cynthia Lummis (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, MacKinlay Kantor ranks 934. Before him are Josephine Johnson (1910), Terence Winter (1960), M. H. Abrams (1912), Vin Scully (1927), Mitch Albom (1958), and Karen Joy Fowler (1950). After him are David Gerrold (1944), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Hugh Howey (1975), Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), and Paul Dini (1957).

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