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 1,163,180 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Marilynne Robinson is the 4,909th most popular writer (down from 4,054th in 2019), the 6,824th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,519th in 2019) and the 546th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marilynne Robinson ranks 4,909 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean-Christophe Rufin, Nathanael West, Ann Druyan, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Suzanne Lilar, and Ferenc Karinthy. After her are Horatio Alger, Alan Paton, C. L. Moore, Diane Ackerman, Eugène Guillevic, and József Katona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Marilynne Robinson ranks 466. Before her are Lena Valaitis, Bob Hite, Christopher Cazenove, Borislav Paravac, Urszula Dudziak, and Lasse Holm. After her are Elizabeth Hartman, Safi Faye, Hélène Vincent, Pat Barker, Burt Rutan, and Charles H. Bennett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilynne Robinson ranks 6,824 out of 20,380. Before her are Nathanael West (1903), John Rutledge (1739), Janice Dickinson (1955), Ann Druyan (1949), Richard Lugar (1932), and Jonathan Larson (1960). After her are Dolores Hart (1938), Rachel Bilson (1981), Tim Hardin (1941), Maurice Greene (1974), Seth Green (1974), and Horatio Alger (1832).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marilynne Robinson ranks 546. Before her are Candy Barr (1935), Tabitha King (1949), George Washington Williams (1849), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Nathanael West (1903), and Ann Druyan (1949). After her are Horatio Alger (1832), C. L. Moore (1911), Diane Ackerman (1948), Edmund Wilson (1895), Mark Frost (1953), and Mary Oliver (1935).

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