WRITER

Marge Piercy

1936 - Today

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Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist, feminist, and writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marge Piercy has received more than 368,347 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Marge Piercy is the 6,763rd most popular writer (down from 5,991st in 2019), the 13,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,236th in 2019) and the 1,011th most popular American Writer.

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  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marge Piercy ranks 6,763 out of 7,302. Before her are H. Beam Piper, Kamel Daoud, James K. Morrow, George Etherege, Horton Foote, and Allen Tate. After her are Stanley Middleton, Howard Gordon, Sharon Olds, Miro Gavran, Michael Davitt, and Leena Lehtolainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Marge Piercy ranks 578. Before her are Levi Stubbs, James Frawley, Marion Barry, Bob Graham, Freddy Cannon, and Virginia Hamilton. After her are Mihály Fülöp, Dick Barnett, Garfield Sobers, Saginaw Grant, Jimmy Ruffin, and Sushma Seth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marge Piercy ranks 13,833 out of 20,380. Before her are Horton Foote (1916), Brian J. Smith (1981), Buck Jones (1891), Morgan Spurlock (1970), Chelsea Manning (1987), and Allen Tate (1899). After her are The D.O.C. (1968), Albert William Herre (1868), Virginia Gardner (1995), Mark Price (1964), Rose McConnell Long (1892), and Howard Gordon (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marge Piercy ranks 1,011. Before her are Zoe Akins (1886), Dave Eggers (1970), H. Beam Piper (1904), James K. Morrow (1947), Horton Foote (1916), and Allen Tate (1899). After her are Howard Gordon (1961), Sharon Olds (1942), Katharine Lee Bates (1859), Justin Cronin (1962), Brannon Braga (1965), and Bryan Fuller (1969).

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