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Paul Laurence Dunbar

1872 - 1906

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Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began writing stories and verse when he was a child. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Laurence Dunbar has received more than 991,535 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul Laurence Dunbar is the 6,474th most popular writer (down from 5,846th in 2019), the 12,163rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,293rd in 2019) and the 892nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

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  • 40.83

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

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  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lyrics of lowly life
African Americans, Poetry
1896
Poems
African Americans, Poetry, Juvenile literature
Approximately four hundred selections reveal the style, development, and concerns of the late-nineteenth century Black American poet.
1913
The sport of the gods
Fiction, African American families in fiction, African American families
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872--1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar's essential essays and short stories, and his finest poems, such as "Sympathy," all which explore crucial social, political, and humanistic issues at the dawn of the twentieth century.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1902
The uncalled
African Americans, Fiction, Spiritual life
1898
Folks from Dixie
Fiction, African Americans, Social life and customs
1898
When Malindy sings
African Americans, Poetry, Accessible book
1903

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 6,474 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Pišťanek, John Suckling, Lionel Shriver, Peter Stamm, Stephen Chbosky, and Forrest J Ackerman. After him are Beverly Cleary, Fatou Diome, Mark Akenside, Sabine Baring-Gould, Marc Connelly, and Rohinton Mistry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 197. Before him are Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Henry Seiling, William Nicholson, Ivar Lykke, and Michael Joseph Savage. After him are Ralph Lewis, George Dern, Charles Murray, Fannie Ward, and Joseph Taylor Robinson. Among people deceased in 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 80. Before him are John Schofield, Mary Putnam Jacobi, George Holyoake, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Walter Buller, and Richard Seddon. After him are Varina Davis, Eastman Johnson, and Michael Davitt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 12,163 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Manring (1929), Mel Daniels (1944), Deran Sarafian (1958), Mike Johnson (1972), Aimee Mullins (1975), and Franklin Graham (1952). After him are Aunjanue Ellis (1969), Benny Brown (1953), Kim Thayil (1960), Beverly Cleary (1916), Patty McCormack (1945), and Paula Cole (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 892. Before him are Brené Brown (1965), Amy Sherman-Palladino (1966), Ellen Glasgow (1873), Lionel Shriver (1957), Stephen Chbosky (1970), and Forrest J Ackerman (1916). After him are Beverly Cleary (1916), Marc Connelly (1890), Norman Podhoretz (1930), Tracy Hickman (1955), Sue Monk Kidd (1948), and William Kennedy (1928).

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