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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 33,288 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mary McCarthy is the 4,694th most popular writer (down from 4,038th in 2019), the 6,355th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,488th in 2019) and the 509th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Venice observed
Art, Civilization, Description and travel
1956
The group
Fiction, Women college graduates, Women
THE GROUP follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan. THE GROUP can be seen as the original SEX AND THE CITY. It is the first novel to frankly portray women's real lives, exploring subjects such as sex, contraception, motherhood and marriage.
1963
A charmed life
Women, Fiction
1955
The company she keeps
1942
The stones of Florence
Art, Description and travel
1959
The groves of academe
College teachers, Dismissal of, Fiction
1951

Page views of Mary McCarthies by language

Over the past year Mary McCarthy has had the most page views in the with 7,523 views, followed by Spanish (4,897), and Italian (2,991). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chuvash (120.61%), Galician (106.13%), and Uzbek (91.30%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary McCarthy ranks 4,694 out of 7,302. Before her are François Tristan l'Hermite, Aleksandrs Čaks, FM-2030, Zabel Sibil Asadour, Mykola Zerov, and Park Wan-suh. After her are Vera Panova, Edward Thomas, George du Maurier, Knud Knudsen, Patrik Ouředník, and Jonathan Carroll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Mary McCarthy ranks 271. Before her are Jaroslav Bouček, Héctor Socorro, Ben Hogan, Michael Wilding, Gyula Polgár, and Martha Mödl. After her are István Balogh, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, Georges Beaucourt, Rudolf Firkušný, Hércules de Miranda, and Manuel Rosas. Among people deceased in 1989, Mary McCarthy ranks 198. Before her are Juan Hilario Marrero, Ján Cikker, Yasuji Miyazaki, Yannis Tsarouchis, Manlio Di Rosa, and Süreyya Ağaoğlu. After her are Alfredo Zitarrosa, José Augusto Brandão, Asbjørn Ruud, Gilda Radner, Rostislav Plyatt, and Manuel Rosas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary McCarthy ranks 6,355 out of 20,380. Before her are Connie Britton (1967), Alan Ritchson (1982), Nita Naldi (1894), Jimmy Durante (1893), Paul Anderson (1932), and Michael Lerner (1941). After her are Priscilla Lane (1915), Masten Gregory (1932), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Michael Kremer (1964), Lynn Conway (1938), and Jane Greer (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary McCarthy ranks 509. Before her are James Agee (1909), Zane Grey (1872), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Eudora Welty (1909), Tobias Wolff (1945), and Louis Bromfield (1896). After her are Jonathan Carroll (1949), Bo Goldman (1932), Helene Hanff (1916), Shel Silverstein (1930), Saul Alinsky (1909), and Robert B. Parker (1932).

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