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Peter Orlovsky

1933 - 2010

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Peter Anton Orlovsky (July 8, 1933 – May 30, 2010) was an American poet and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Orlovsky has received more than 923,330 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Orlovsky is the 6,091st most popular writer (down from 5,192nd in 2019), the 10,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,078th in 2019) and the 762nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Clean Asshole Poems and Smiling Vegetable Songs
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1978
Lepers cry
1972
Dear Allen
American poetry
1971
Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words
2015
Peter Orlovsky A Life In Words Intimate Chronicles Of A Beat Writer
Gay men's writings, American, American Authors, Biography
2014
Clean asshole poems & smiling vegetable songs
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1978

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Orlovsky ranks 6,091 out of 7,302. Before him are Katie Couric, Miklós Haraszti, Zadie Smith, Margaret Drabble, Coventry Patmore, and Owen Barfield. After him are Aglaja Veteranyi, János Batsányi, Jakob Jakobsen, Sigitas Geda, John Betjeman, and Eva Crane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Peter Orlovsky ranks 478. Before him are Michael Novak, Maurice Stokes, Pentti Linnosvuo, Maurice Moucheraud, József Bencsics, and Donald H. Peterson. After him are Gilberto Penayo, Jimmy Murray, Leszek Drogosz, Constand Viljoen, Johannes Schaaf, and Kathryn Crosby. Among people deceased in 2010, Peter Orlovsky ranks 398. Before him are Lionel Cox, Ljupčo Jordanovski, Franciszek Gągor, Walter Frederick Morrison, Krystyna Bochenek, and Jerry Bock. After him are Gil Merrick, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Michele Giordano, Christoph Schlingensief, György Mitró, and Audrey Williamson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Orlovsky ranks 10,147 out of 20,380. Before him are Perry McGillivray (1893), Dorothy Comingore (1913), Shirley Mason (1901), Marceline Day (1908), Jerry Bock (1928), and Robert Byrne (1928). After him are Bob Gibson (1935), Charles Sands (1865), Eubie Blake (2), Alex Grey (1953), Scott Baio (1960), and Annabeth Gish (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Orlovsky ranks 762. Before him are David Simon (1960), Peter Matthiessen (1927), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), Lee Strobel (1952), Robin Morgan (1941), and Katie Couric (1957). After him are Brad Falchuk (1971), Lydia Maria Child (1802), Dorothy Allison (1949), George B. Seitz (1888), Robert B. Sherman (1925), and Julia Alvarez (1950).

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