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Mary Oliver

1935 - 2019

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Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by a sincere wonderment and profound connection with the environment, conveyed in unadorned language and simple yet striking imagery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Oliver has received more than 2,005,638 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mary Oliver is the 5,461st most popular writer (down from 5,092nd in 2019), the 9,027th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,292nd in 2019) and the 703rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary Oliver ranks 5,461 out of 5,755. Before her are Ali Smith, Adelaide Anne Procter, Alasdair Gray, Khushwant Singh, Leon Kruczkowski, and Kjell Espmark. After her are Philip Agee, Lydie Salvayre, Vincenzo Consolo, Gerrit Achterberg, Hans Jæger, and Per Wästberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Mary Oliver ranks 398. Before her are Eldridge Cleaver, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Ivan Calin, Leonid Potapov, Claude Esteban, and Donald Arnold. After her are Philip Agee, Bob Gibson, Boris Stenin, Justin Francis Rigali, Susan Brownmiller, and Peter de Klerk. Among people deceased in 2019, Mary Oliver ranks 411. Before her are Ilona Novák, Giovanni Bramucci, Eduard Krieger, Heinz Fütterer, Alasdair Gray, and Ingemar Hedberg. After her are Joseph Pilato, Gerhard Auer, W. S. Merwin, W. Morgan Sheppard, Juan Rodríguez, and Serafim Fernandes de Araújo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Oliver ranks 9,027 out of 18,182. Before her are Leon Shamroy (1901), Jim Ross (1952), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Porter Goss (1938), Jack Casady (1944), and Noble Johnson (1881). After her are Philip Agee (1935), Steve Anderson (1906), Albert Ammons (1907), Tony Martin (1913), Don Gordon (1926), and Shayla LaVeaux (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary Oliver ranks 703. Before her are Robin Morgan (1941), Robert B. Sherman (1925), Kristin Hannah (1960), John Jakes (1932), Kenneth Burke (1897), and Armistead Maupin (1944). After her are Philip Agee (1935), Julia Alvarez (1950), W. S. Merwin (1927), Robert Creeley (1926), David Brown (1916), and Alvah Bessie (1904).

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