WRITER

Neil Simon

1927 - 2018

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Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He received three Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Simon has received more than 3,734,712 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Neil Simon is the 2,624th most popular writer (down from 2,452nd in 2019), the 3,328th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,173rd in 2019) and the 287th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Plaza suite
American drama, Drama, Comedy
1969
Last of the red hot lovers
American drama, Play, Plays
1969
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers (Motion picture), Drama
1991
Essential biology
Biology
2000
Barefoot in the park
Drama, Newlyweds, Apartments
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He's a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she's a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find-too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbour-in-the-attic Velasco, where everything that can go wrong, does. Paul just doesn't understand Corie, as she sees it. He's too staid, too boring and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous, running "barefoot in the park" would be a start...
1964
The odd couple
1965
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers (Motion picture), Drama, American drama (dramatic works by one author)
1991
Essential biology with physiology
Biology, Psychology, Biology, Life Sciences
2003
Last of the red hot lovers
American drama, Play, Plays
1969
The odd couple
Male friendship, Drama, American literature
1965
Plaza suite
American drama, Drama, Comedy
1969
Barefoot in the park
Drama, Newlyweds, Apartments
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He's a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she's a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find-too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbour-in-the-attic Velasco, where everything that can go wrong, does. Paul just doesn't understand Corie, as she sees it. He's too staid, too boring and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous, running "barefoot in the park" would be a start...
1964

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Neil Simon ranks 2,624 out of 7,302. Before him are Dritëro Agolli, Günter Wallraff, John Wyndham, Bragi Boddason, Samad Vurgun, and Richard Wurmbrand. After him are Waldemar Bonsels, Orson Scott Card, Abraham ibn Daud, Frederick Marryat, Józef Czapski, and Matthias Claudius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Neil Simon ranks 151. Before him are Roger Walkowiak, Stanisław Kania, Christian Marquand, Colin Davis, Gerry Mulligan, and Tom Bosley. After him are Vittorio Gregotti, Patti Page, Paul Volcker, Albert Zafy, Romano Scarpa, and Jack Cassidy. Among people deceased in 2018, Neil Simon ranks 151. Before him are Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Rachid Taha, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, John Gavin, June Whitfield, and José Antonio Abreu. After him are Lindsay Kemp, William Goldman, Anna Maria Ferrero, Harlan Ellison, Dobri Dobrev, and Vladimir Voinovich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil Simon ranks 3,328 out of 20,380. Before him are Earl Warren (1891), Alfre Woodard (1952), Patty Hearst (1954), William Conrad (1920), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), and Doris Miller (1919). After him are Orson Scott Card (1951), Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), Linda Nochlin (1931), David Butler (1894), and John DeLorean (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Neil Simon ranks 287. Before him are John Barth (1930), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Elmore Leonard (1925), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Jim Thompson (1906), and Terry Goodkind (1948). After him are Orson Scott Card (1951), Eric Carle (1929), Richard Bandler (1950), John Cheever (1912), William Goldman (1931), and Michael Cunningham (1952).

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