WRITER

Natalie Clifford Barney

1876 - 1972

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Natalie Clifford Barney (October 31, 1876 – February 2, 1972) was an American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together French and international writers. She influenced other authors through her salon and also with her poetry, plays, and epigrams, often thematically tied to her lesbianism and feminism. Barney was born into a wealthy family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Natalie Clifford Barney has received more than 681,396 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Natalie Clifford Barney is the 1,594th most popular writer (down from 1,041st in 2019), the 1,971st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,232nd in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

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  • 57.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Éparpillements
Traits et portraits, suivi de L'amour défendu
Nouvelles pensées de l'Amazone
The one who is legion
Aventures de l'esprit
American Authors, Americans, Authors
Pensées d'une amazone

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 1,594 out of 7,302Before her are Attila József, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Silvina Ocampo, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, and Arnaldur Indriðason. After her are Yaşar Kemal, Mário de Andrade, Rafael Sabatini, Robert Faurisson, Jan Guillou, and David Albahari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 52Before her are Ivan Bilibin, Fevzi Çakmak, Tomáš Baťa, Anna de Noailles, August Sander, and Nicola Romeo. After her are Hideyo Noguchi, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Joseph Meister, Edvard Eriksen, and Tatyana Afanasyeva. Among people deceased in 1972, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 57Before her are Erwin Bowien, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Martiros Saryan, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Neilia Hunter Biden, and Matvei Zakharov. After her are Hugo Steinhaus, Chen Yi, Aspasia Manos, Prescott Bush, Jules Romains, and George Sanders.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 1,971 out of 20,380Before her are Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Pontiac (1714), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Lillian Asplund (1906), and Lucille Ball (1911). After her are David Crosby (1941), Michael Phelps (1985), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Christina Aguilera (1980), and Carl Reiner (1922).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 174Before her are Ben Shapiro (1984), Jeffery Deaver (1950), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Dean Koontz (1945), Langston Hughes (1902), and Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945). After her are Philip José Farmer (1918), Alice Walker (1944), Gore Vidal (1925), Ira Levin (1929), Martin Gardner (1914), and Theodore Sturgeon (1918).