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Randall Jarrell

1914 - 1965

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Randall Jarrell jə-REL (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Randall Jarrell has received more than 254,783 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Randall Jarrell is the 6,012th most popular writer (down from 5,299th in 2019), the 12,241st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,565th in 2019) and the 908th most popular American Writer.

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  • 250k

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  • 37.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Randall Jarrell ranks 6,012 out of 5,755Before him are Nic Pizzolatto, James Kelman, Michael Rosen, Kerry Kennedy, Dinah Craik, and Rohinton Mistry. After him are Nahed Hattar, Conn Iggulden, Marge Piercy, James Patrick Kelly, Sibylle Berg, and Sita Ram Goel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Randall Jarrell ranks 369Before him are Joan Marsh, Renzo Nostini, Larry Parks, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Fred Clark, and Zachary Scott. After him are Reidar Kvammen, David Brian, Wayne Morris, Ellen Drew, B. R. Chopra, and Gerald Mohr. Among people deceased in 1965, Randall Jarrell ranks 208Before him are Lorraine Hansberry, Geeta Bali, Bessie Barriscale, Herb Drury, Irving Bacon, and Zachary Scott. After him are Willard Schmidt, Henry Weed Fowler, Clemence Dane, Louis Baillon, H. V. Evatt, and Dixie Bibb Graves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Randall Jarrell ranks 12,241 out of 18,182Before him are Joan Benoit (1957), Liza Koshy (1996), Vanessa Carlton (1980), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Jake Abel (1987), and Tyron Woodley (1982). After him are Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), Ben Vereen (1946), George Clymer (1739), Evan Jones (1976), Benny Brown (1953), and Tera Wray (1982).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Randall Jarrell ranks 908Before him are Howard Gordon (1961), Annie Dillard (1945), James Weldon Johnson (1871), Gertrude Atherton (1857), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), and Kerry Kennedy (1959). After him are Marge Piercy (1936), James Patrick Kelly (1951), Al Jean (1961), Ronald D. Moore (1964), Paul Attanasio (1959), and Bayard Taylor (1825).