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Nella Larsen

1891 - 1964

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Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen (born Nellie Walker; April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964) was an American novelist. Working as a nurse and a librarian, she published two novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), and a few short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nella Larsen has received more than 606,946 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nella Larsen is the 5,072nd most popular writer (up from 5,288th in 2019), the 7,633rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,495th in 2019) and the 615th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nella Larsen ranks 5,072 out of 5,755. Before her are Yamabe no Akahito, Gwendolyn Brooks, Anton Aškerc, Wilbert Awdry, Charles Wilkins, and Katherine Neville. After her are Thomas Love Peacock, Nancy Kress, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, José Eduardo Agualusa, Elisabeth Langgässer, and Pauline Baynes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Nella Larsen ranks 219. Before her are Riccardo Bacchelli, Mary Browne, Boris Lavrenyov, Erik Almlöf, Isak Abrahamsen, and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch. After her are Katherine MacDonald, Ernest Leonard Johnson, Ellen Wilkinson, Gustaf Dyrssen, Erik Lindahl, and Willy Birgel. Among people deceased in 1964, Nella Larsen ranks 161. Before her are Sakari Tuomioja, Hedwig Kohn, Albina Osipowich, Johnny Burnette, Lars Christensen, and Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook. After her are Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Per Nilsson, Joe Gaetjens, Eugène Olivier, Adolf Šimperský, and Steponas Kairys.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nella Larsen ranks 7,633 out of 18,182. Before her are Sumner Paine (1868), Jerrie Cobb (1931), Julieta Venegas (1970), Stanley Turrentine (1934), Oliver Campbell (1871), and Henry Flagler (1830). After her are David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Andy Stanfield (1927), Leigh Harline (1907), Nancy Kress (1948), Anita Borg (1949), and Don McNeill (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nella Larsen ranks 615. Before her are Michael Herr (1940), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Kate Wilhelm (1928), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), and Katherine Neville (1945). After her are Nancy Kress (1948), Gardner Dozois (1947), Marc Okrand (1948), Grace Paley (1922), Louise Erdrich (1954), and Tony Hillerman (1925).

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