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Philip Levine

1928 - 2015

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Philip Levine (January 10, 1928 – February 14, 2015) was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Levine has received more than 23,244 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Philip Levine is the 6,791st most popular writer (down from 6,075th in 2019), the 14,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,752nd in 2019) and the 1,020th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Red dust
1971
They feed they lion
1972
Poems
American poetry, American - General, Non-Classifiable
1984
Pili's wall
1971
So Ask
Poetics, Interviews, Poetry
2002
Ashes
1979

Page views of Philip Levines by language

Over the past year Philip Levine has had the most page views in the with 1,214 views, followed by Spanish (1,035), and English (805). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (67.73%), Southern Azerbaijani (63.47%), and Scots (57.51%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philip Levine ranks 6,791 out of 7,302. Before him are Brannon Braga, Gjekë Marinaj, Mavis Gallant, Bryan Fuller, D. C. Fontana, and Dave Meltzer. After him are Nikolay Abramov, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Russell T Davies, Zoran Stefanović, Timothy Findley, and Marcel Beyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Philip Levine ranks 590. Before him are June Maston, Chris Brasher, Jimmy Hill, Gerhard Weinberg, Jim Rathmann, and Joseph Bernardin. After him are Robert Bergland, Albert Brewer, John Disley, John Ingle, Fatima Meer, and Yvette Vickers. Among people deceased in 2015, Philip Levine ranks 528. Before him are Sandy Berger, Irwin Keyes, Camille Muffat, Lucjan Lis, Raúl Héctor Castro, and Muath Al-Kasasbeh. After him are Bud Yorkin, Roy Tarpley, Steve Gohouri, John Moshoeu, Hot Rod Hundley, and Miyu Matsuki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Levine ranks 14,007 out of 20,380. Before him are Thad Cochran (1937), Dorothy Peterson (1897), Shelley Moore Capito (1953), Jerome Richardson (1920), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), and Dave Meltzer (1959). After him are Frank Shakespeare (1930), Chuck Stevenson (1919), Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938), Gabriel Iglesias (1976), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933), and Melody (1982).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Philip Levine ranks 1,020. Before him are Katharine Lee Bates (1859), Justin Cronin (1962), Brannon Braga (1965), Bryan Fuller (1969), D. C. Fontana (1939), and Dave Meltzer (1959). After him are Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938), Maxine Hong Kingston (1940), Deborah Harkness (1965), Jim Butcher (1971), Jonathan Lethem (1964), and Russell Hoban (1925).

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