WRITER

Paul Goodman

1911 - 1972

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Paul Goodman (September 9, 1911 – August 2, 1972) was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the arts, civil rights, decentralization, democracy, education, media, politics, psychology, technology, urban planning, and war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Goodman has received more than 394,608 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Paul Goodman is the 1,865th most popular writer, the 2,353rd most popular biography from United States and the 208th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Utopian essays and practical proposals
Utopias, Utopies
1962
Route nationale
Instruction & Study - Voice, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & GCSE
1992
History of the Jews
History, Jews
1911
Growing up absurd
Adolescent psychology, Social problems, Youth
1956
Gestalt therapy
Gestalt psychology, Gestalt therapy, Psychotherapy
This edition contain an introductory note write by Frederick S. Perls
1951
The structure of literature
Literature, Plots (Drama, novel, etc.), History and criticism
1954

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Goodman ranks 1,865 out of 7,302. Before him are Théodore de Banville, Isaeus, Zbigniew Herbert, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Benjamin Péret, and Eva Schloss. After him are Ion Creangă, Mohammed Dib, Petr Ginz, Mikhail Zoshchenko, João de Barros, and Sergei Dovlatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Paul Goodman ranks 88. Before him are Jean-Pierre Aumont, Hubert Humphrey, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Renée Simonot, Teddy Kollek, and Danny Kaye. After him are Betty Robinson, Karl Frenzel, Viktor Barna, André Leroi-Gourhan, André Claveau, and Hans Woellke. Among people deceased in 1972, Paul Goodman ranks 72. Before him are Eugène Tisserant, Akim Tamiroff, Ettore Bastico, Alejandra Pizarnik, Frans Masereel, and Harlow Shapley. After him are C. Rajagopalachari, Stephen Timoshenko, Viktor Barna, Watchman Nee, William Dieterle, and Jo Bonnier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Goodman ranks 2,353 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel McFadden (1937), Annie Potts (1952), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Gordon Scott (1926), and George Lakoff (1941). After him are Al Di Meola (1954), Michael DeBakey (1908), Irvin Kershner (1923), Anne Heche (1969), Hilary Swank (1974), and Andrew Garfield (1983).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paul Goodman ranks 208. Before him are Frederik Pohl (1919), Stephen Crane (1871), Rick Riordan (1964), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), and William Moulton Marston (1893). After him are James Ellroy (1948), Johnston McCulley (1883), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Shirley Jackson (1916), Nora Ephron (1941), and Voltairine de Cleyre (1866).

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