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Oliver La Farge

1901 - 1963

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Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II (December 19, 1901 – August 2, 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southwest. In addition to more than 15 scholarly works, mostly about Native Americans, he wrote several novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Laughing Boy (1929). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver La Farge has received more than 95,396 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver La Farge is the 6,639th most popular writer (down from 5,920th in 2019), the 13,106th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,728th in 2019) and the 957th most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.14

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Among writers, Oliver La Farge ranks 6,639 out of 7,302. Before him are John Langalibalele Dube, Bill Lawrence, Russell Simmons, Frederick Denison Maurice, Sheila Jeffreys, and Victoria Hislop. After him are Audrey Niffenegger, Julie Plec, Élie Blanchard, Rose Tremain, Olga Slavnikova, and Bosley Crowther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Oliver La Farge ranks 355. Before him are Francisco Guilledo, Deborah Snyder, William Daniels, Dunc Munro, Carmelita Geraghty, and Miguel Brito. After him are Florence Eldridge, Donald Howard Menzel, John Sherman Cooper, Frank Fisher, E. B. Ford, and Joseph Albert Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1963, Oliver La Farge ranks 220. Before him are Calvin Bricker, Björn Þórðarson, Wanda Hawley, Monty Woolley, Jason Robards Sr., and Estes Kefauver. After him are James Kirkwood Sr., Louis MacNeice, Jack Hobbs, Hooley Smith, Jean Brooks, and Daniel O. Fagunwa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver La Farge ranks 13,106 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Lautenberg (1924), Eddie Cibrian (1973), Harry Anderson (1952), Lee Daniels (1959), D. J. Caruso (1965), and Timmy Mayer (1938). After him are Shepard Fairey (1970), Patricia Kalember (1956), Bobby Hackett (1915), Herbert Flam (1928), Floriana Lima (1981), and Mike Beebe (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Oliver La Farge ranks 957. Before him are Neil Strauss (1969), August Wilson (1945), Jane Smiley (1949), Ellen Willis (1941), Bill Lawrence (1968), and Russell Simmons (1957). After him are Audrey Niffenegger (1963), Julie Plec (1972), Bosley Crowther (1905), Randall Jarrell (1914), James Weldon Johnson (1871), and D. B. Weiss (1971).

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