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Pauline Kael

1919 - 2001

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Pauline Kael (; June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael's opinions often ran contrary to those of her contemporaries. One of the most influential American film critics of her era, she left a lasting impression on the art form. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pauline Kael has received more than 1,308,202 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pauline Kael is the 4,920th most popular writer (down from 4,864th in 2019), the 7,254th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,887th in 2019) and the 587th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 45.47

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pauline Kael ranks 4,920 out of 5,755Before her are Inger Hagerup, Halina Poświatowska, Majit Gafuri, Madeleine L'Engle, Ádám Bodor, and Júlia Szendrey. After her are Eva Kotchever, Pentti Saarikoski, Conrad Aiken, Lev Kassil, Daniel Quinn, and Henry Home, Lord Kames.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Pauline Kael ranks 250Before her are Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Jacques Laurent, George Cadle Price, Gisela Uhlen, Leona Woods, and Grisha Filipov. After her are Forrest Tucker, Masao Takemoto, Jan Flinterman, Jorge de Sena, Manna Dey, and Finn Helgesen. Among people deceased in 2001, Pauline Kael ranks 219Before her are Joe Fagan, Michael Dertouzos, Christl Haas, Francis Bebey, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Álvaro Magaña. After her are Ettore Puricelli, Arie van Vliet, Sara Ashurbeyli, Sergio Mantovani, Sachiko Hidari, and Pavel Sadyrin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pauline Kael ranks 7,254 out of 18,182Before her are Charles Sheeler (1883), Ted Wilde (1889), Bill Moseley (1951), Nadia Cassini (1949), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), and Paget Brewster (1969). After her are Bam Bam Bigelow (1961), Tim Bogert (1944), Maddie Ziegler (2002), Paul Bearer (1954), Denise Crosby (1957), and Edward Everett (1794).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Pauline Kael ranks 587Before her are Tom Peters (1942), Ted Chiang (1967), Lester del Rey (1915), Ring Lardner (1885), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), and Madeleine L'Engle (1918). After her are Conrad Aiken (1889), Daniel Quinn (1935), James C. Collins (1958), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Scott O'Dell (1898), and Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942).