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Mary McCarthy

1912 - 1989

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Mary Therese McCarthy (June 21, 1912 – October 25, 1989) was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel The Group, her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, and her storied feud with playwright Lillian Hellman. McCarthy was the winner of the Horizon Prize in 1949 and was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1949 and 1959. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary McCarthy has received more than 33,404 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mary McCarthy is the 4,051st most popular writer (down from 3,850th in 2019), the 5,500th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,218th in 2019) and the 453rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 33k

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  • 48.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary McCarthy ranks 4,051 out of 5,755. Before her are Ari Behn, Teffi, Anna Gavalda, Lajos Kassák, Bolesław Leśmian, and Janko Kráľ. After her are Alexander Galich, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Taranatha, Elin Wägner, Quentin Crisp, and Adam Naruszewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Mary McCarthy ranks 214. Before her are Ichiji Otani, Phạm Hùng, Rudi Fischer, Nam Sung-yong, Alexander Mackendrick, and Martha Mödl. After her are Paul Meurisse, Northrop Frye, Arne Brustad, Frank Thomas, Walter Sisulu, and Émile Allais. Among people deceased in 1989, Mary McCarthy ranks 168. Before her are Gilles Andriamahazo, Nikolai Grinko, René Petit, Nils Axelsson, Sándor Weöres, and Clyde Geronimi. After her are Hilmar Baunsgaard, Alvin Ailey, Kazimierz Sabbat, Richard Quine, János Farkas, and John J. McCloy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary McCarthy ranks 5,500 out of 18,182. Before her are Judith Light (1949), John Kuck (1905), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), Michael Giacchino (1967), Gram Parsons (1946), and Francis Hunter (1894). After her are David Spade (1964), Tara Reid (1975), Frankie Faison (1949), Ann Sheridan (1915), George Burns (1896), and Nas (1973).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary McCarthy ranks 453. Before her are Daniel Silva (1960), Tad Williams (1957), David Mamet (1947), Russell Kirk (1918), Ivanka Trump (1981), and Thomas Friedman (1953). After her are Marilynne Robinson (1943), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Zane Grey (1872), Paul Theroux (1941), Sara Teasdale (1884), and Robert Leckie (1920).

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