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WRITER

Marilynne Robinson

1943 - Today

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Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marilynne Robinson has received more than 1,057,791 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Marilynne Robinson is the 4,067th most popular writer (up from 4,720th in 2019), the 5,531st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,335th in 2019) and the 454th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.1M

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  • 48.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marilynne Robinson ranks 4,067 out of 5,755Before her are Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Juhan Liiv, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Fritz Reuter, Maximilian Harden, and Milo Yiannopoulos. After her are Siamanto, Ricardo Palma, Jien, William Boyd, Attilâ İlhan, and Umihana Čuvidina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Marilynne Robinson ranks 363Before her are Hans Heyer, Johnny Hansen, Petar Skansi, Michael Morpurgo, Niles Eldredge, and Raúl Cubas Grau. After her are Daniel Kablan Duncan, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Wolfgang Nordwig, Takaji Mori, Nahas Angula, and Tim Schenken.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilynne Robinson ranks 5,531 out of 18,182Before her are Harry James (1916), Tom Hamilton (1951), Barbara La Marr (1896), Scott Travis (1961), Paul Morrissey (1938), and Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845). After her are John Baldessari (1931), Asa Gray (1810), Kaley Cuoco (1985), Peter Facinelli (1973), Dylan Baker (1959), and Henry Knox (1750).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marilynne Robinson ranks 454Before her are Tad Williams (1957), David Mamet (1947), Russell Kirk (1918), Ivanka Trump (1981), Thomas Friedman (1953), and Mary McCarthy (1912). After her are Cordwainer Smith (1913), Zane Grey (1872), Paul Theroux (1941), Sara Teasdale (1884), Robert Leckie (1920), and Lloyd Alexander (1924).