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Marianne Moore

1887 - 1972

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Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marianne Moore has received more than 471,044 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Marianne Moore is the 3,846th most popular writer (down from 3,442nd in 2019), the 4,958th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,550th in 2019) and the 409th most popular American Writer.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marianne Moore ranks 3,846 out of 7,302. Before her are Minette Walters, Mikhail Shishkin, Anton Pann, Cesar Millan, A. Merritt, and Maurice Schumann. After her are Paul Fort, Geo Milev, Robert Pinget, Antun Mihanović, Alberto Hurtado, and Han Kang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Marianne Moore ranks 175. Before her are Thoralf Skolem, Louis Leon Thurstone, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Joseph Orbeli, Rupert Brooke, and Louise Arner Boyd. After her are Sylvia Beach, Leevi Madetoja, Pierre Jean Jouve, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Albert Gutterson, and Konstantin Kalinin. Among people deceased in 1972, Marianne Moore ranks 140. Before her are Deniz Gezmiş, Louise Arner Boyd, Jinichi Kusaka, Antal Szabó, Abeid Karume, and Gottfried Fuchs. After her are Louis J. Mordell, Hermann Boehm, Vera Inber, Edgar G. Ulmer, Balys Dvarionas, and Max Fleischer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marianne Moore ranks 4,958 out of 20,380. Before her are John Henry Holland (1929), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), Alice Hamilton (1869), Ann Wilson (1950), Mathew Brady (1822), and Rockmond Dunbar (1974). After her are Eric Bogosian (1953), Hank Jones (1918), William D. Leahy (1875), Henry Russell (1904), Tracy Pollan (1960), and Leontyne Price (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marianne Moore ranks 409. Before her are Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Francis Scott Key (1779), Henry Adams (1838), David Brin (1950), James Russell Lowell (1819), and A. Merritt (1884). After her are Herman Wouk (1915), Margaret Weis (1948), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Lydia Davis (1947), Michael Blake (1945), and Carrie Nation (1846).

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