WRITER

Nathanael West

1903 - 1940

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Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American writer and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathanael West has received more than 490,228 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Nathanael West is the 4,903rd most popular writer (down from 3,869th in 2019), the 6,818th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,207th in 2019) and the 544th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Miss Lonelyhearts
Fiction, Advice columnists, Motion picture industry
1933
Miss Lonelyhearts, & The day of the locust
Advice columnists, Motion picture industry, Fiction
1962
The Day of the Locust
Fiction, Fiction in English, Motion picture industry
1939
Day of the locust
2010
A cool million
1934
The complete works of Nathanael West
Advice columnists, Fantasy fiction, Success
1957

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nathanael West ranks 4,903 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry of Huntingdon, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Kedarnath Singh, Jonathan Coe, and Jean-Christophe Rufin. After him are Ann Druyan, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Suzanne Lilar, Ferenc Karinthy, Marilynne Robinson, and Horatio Alger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Nathanael West ranks 252. Before him are Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Jean Tardieu, Willi Forst, Voldemar Väli, Nilo Murtinho Braga, and Manuel Anatol. After him are Alan Paton, Doca, Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, Edgar Bergen, Billie Dove, and Lothar Bolz. Among people deceased in 1940, Nathanael West ranks 152. Before him are Diana Karenne, Martti Marttelin, Julián Besteiro, Janne Lundblad, Johan Anker, and Edgar Adams. After him are K. B. Hedgewar, Mato Kósyk, Hanna Pauli, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, István Énekes, and Józef Pankiewicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathanael West ranks 6,818 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Donovan (1968), Mal Waldron (1925), Laura Johnson (1957), Bill Monroe (1911), Carmen Barth (1912), and John Van Ryn (1905). After him are John Rutledge (1739), Janice Dickinson (1955), Ann Druyan (1949), Richard Lugar (1932), Jonathan Larson (1960), and Marilynne Robinson (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nathanael West ranks 544. Before him are Jim Harrison (1937), Joe R. Lansdale (1951), Candy Barr (1935), Tabitha King (1949), George Washington Williams (1849), and Robert Charles Wilson (1953). After him are Ann Druyan (1949), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Horatio Alger (1832), C. L. Moore (1911), Diane Ackerman (1948), and Edmund Wilson (1895).

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