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Max Eastman

1883 - 1969

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Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969) was an American writer on literature, philosophy, and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist. Moving to New York City for graduate school, Eastman became involved with radical circles in Greenwich Village. He supported socialism and became a leading patron of the Harlem Renaissance and an activist for a number of liberal and radical causes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Eastman has received more than 338,274 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Max Eastman is the 5,620th most popular writer (down from 5,381st in 2019), the 8,495th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,736th in 2019) and the 656th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

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  • 45.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Enjoyment of poetry
Poetry, Aesthetics, American poetry
1913
Enjoyment of laughter
Comic, The, History and criticism, Humour
1936
Reflections on the failure of socialism
Communism, Socialism, Levenservaring
1955
Since Lenin died
Politics and government
1925
Artists in uniform
Communism, History and criticism, Intellectual life
1934
Marx, Lenin and the science of revolution
Socialism, Revolutions
1926

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Eastman ranks 5,620 out of 7,302. Before him are Snorri Hjartarson, Blas de Otero, Pietro Citati, József Bajza, Lin Carter, and David Benioff. After him are Terence Rattigan, Josip Jurčič, John Gardner, Richard D. Ryder, Federico De Roberto, and Elvira Lindo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Max Eastman ranks 237. Before him are Guido Gozzano, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, Ludomir Różycki, Stanley Bruce, Marcus Hurley, and Gyula Juhász. After him are Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Lili Bech, Louis Bach, Victor Johnson, Federigo Tozzi, and Lloyd Fredendall. Among people deceased in 1969, Max Eastman ranks 202. Before him are Óscar Osorio, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Veli Saarinen, Stratis Myrivilis, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, and Bruno Söderström. After him are Giorgio Chiavacci, Károly Dietz, André Gaboriaud, Erkki Kataja, Barton MacLane, and Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Max Eastman ranks 8,495 out of 20,380. Before him are David Benioff (1970), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Maura Tierney (1965), Melvin Laird (1922), Chris Buck (1958), and Robert J. Walker (1801). After him are Paul Drayton (1939), Katee Sackhoff (1980), Tim Kaine (1958), Joseph Dempsey (1875), American Horse (1840), and Richie Kotzen (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Max Eastman ranks 656. Before him are L. J. Smith (1965), James C. Collins (1958), Judith Krantz (1928), Howard Ashman (1950), Lin Carter (1930), and David Benioff (1970). After him are Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Karin Slaughter (1971), Zitkala-Sa (1876), Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), Kate Wilhelm (1928), and MacKenzie Scott (1970).

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