WRITER

Mercedes de Acosta

1892 - 1968

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Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1892 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. Although she failed to achieve artistic and professional distinction, de Acosta is known for her many lesbian affairs with celebrated Broadway and Hollywood personalities including Alla Nazimova, Isadora Duncan, Eva Le Gallienne, and Marlene Dietrich. Her best-known involvement was with Greta Garbo with whom, in 1931, she began a sporadic and volatile romance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercedes de Acosta has received more than 924,995 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mercedes de Acosta is the 3,460th most popular writer (down from 3,027th in 2019), the 4,419th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,958th in 2019) and the 366th most popular American Writer.

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  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 3,460 out of 7,302. Before her are Johann Ernst Glück, Zora Neale Hurston, Frédéric Dard, Nemesianus, Akazome Emon, and Peter Straub. After her are Doria Shafik, Bell hooks, Laurence Oliphant, Gioconda Belli, Carl Robert Jakobson, and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 169. Before her are Corrie ten Boom, Juana de Ibarbourou, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, John Alcock, George Lawrence Price, and Alberto Bayo. After her are Mieczysław Horszowski, Pierre Blanchar, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Vladimir Stoychev, Konstantin Fedin, and József Nagy. Among people deceased in 1968, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 120. Before her are Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Vasyl Makukh, Little Walter, Segismundo Casado, Walter Tewksbury, and Ugo Frigerio. After her are Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, Johann Horvath, Joseph Keilberth, Chana Orloff, Albert Betz, and Fay Bainter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 4,419 out of 20,380. Before her are Moses Finley (1912), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Ted Cassidy (1932), Peter Straub (1943), Arthur O'Connell (1908), and Cat Power (1972). After her are John Finn (1952), Claire Danes (1979), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Billie Burke (1884), and Mayim Bialik (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 366. Before her are Joyce Meyer (1943), Booker T. Washington (1856), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), and Peter Straub (1943). After her are Bell hooks (1952), H.D. (1886), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Gary Snyder (1930), Jonathan Littell (1967), and Jeff Lindsay (1952).

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