WRITER

Nat Hentoff

1925 - 2017

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Nathan Irving Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his departure from The Village Voice, Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal, which published his works until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nat Hentoff has received more than 304,398 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nat Hentoff is the 6,610th most popular writer (down from 6,070th in 2019), the 12,942nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,714th in 2019) and the 944th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jazz is
Jazz, History and criticism, Jazz musicians
1976
The new equality
Race relations, African Americans, Afro-Americans
1964
The day they came to arrest the book
Schools, Juvenile fiction, Censorship
1982
Jazz country
Juvenile fiction, Jazz, Fiction
A white youth from New York's East 70's discovers that although trumpet technique is not enough to gain entrance to the soul musician's world, friendship with a top jazzman gives him a broader perspective of his environment as well as of the alternatives the future offers.
1965
The first freedom
Freedom of speech, History, Juvenile literature
A history of free speech in our country from earliest times to some of the controversial court cases of today involving school demonstrations and the right of Nazis to march.
1980
Jazz
Jazz, History and criticism
1959

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nat Hentoff ranks 6,610 out of 7,302. Before her are Louis de Bernières, Sayaka Murata, Sarah Josepha Hale, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ann C. Crispin, and Dulce Chacón. After her are John Patrick Shanley, Alan Dundes, Ingo Schulze, Parveen Shakir, Melissa Rosenberg, and Nagaru Tanigawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Nat Hentoff ranks 521. Before her are Peggy Cummins, John Compton, Dickie Moore, Frank Borghi, Bill Eckersley, and Frank Kameny. After her are Philip Carey, Alexei Guryshev, Albert Paulsen, Ebrahim Alkazi, Jerry Paris, and Keshav Dutt. Among people deceased in 2017, Nat Hentoff ranks 606. Before her are Lorne Loomer, Margit Schumann, Peggy Cummins, Uli Vos, Jim Bunning, and George Avakian. After her are Al Lawrence, Janusz Wójcik, Warrel Dane, David Axelrod, Keely Smith, and Francine York.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nat Hentoff ranks 12,942 out of 20,380. Before her are Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Harley Jane Kozak (1957), Ann C. Crispin (1950), Katrina Leskanich (1960), and Lisa Nowak (1963). After her are Howard Georgi (1947), Kiele Sanchez (1977), Rita R. Colwell (1934), Ruth Etting (1896), Andy Ruiz Jr. (1989), and Gary Rydstrom (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nat Hentoff ranks 944. Before her are Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), Paul Dini (1957), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), and Ann C. Crispin (1950). After her are John Patrick Shanley (1950), Alan Dundes (1934), Melissa Rosenberg (1962), Philip Freneau (1752), David Sedaris (1956), and Frederica Sagor Maas (1900).

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