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Richard Brautigan

1935 - 1984

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Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – c. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. A prolific writer, he wrote throughout his life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and four books of poetry. Brautigan's work has been published both in the United States and internationally throughout Europe, Japan, and China. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Brautigan has received more than 872,411 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Richard Brautigan is the 1,656th most popular writer (down from 1,630th in 2019), the 2,165th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,042nd in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Writer.

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  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Brautigan ranks 1,656 out of 5,755. Before him are Nicander, Lu You, Arnaldur Indriðason, E. E. Cummings, Andreas Gryphius, and Alexander Fadeyev. After him are Mao Dun, Egon Kisch, Hipponax, Gaius Julius Solinus, Seamus Heaney, and Wolfgang Borchert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Richard Brautigan ranks 92. Before him are Azzedine Alaïa, Sergio Rossi, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Vladislav Volkov, Dharmendra, and Ron Paul. After him are Julian Glover, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Dominique Venner, Valeri Kubasov, Judd Hirsch, and Luis del Sol. Among people deceased in 1984, Richard Brautigan ranks 66. Before him are Marcel Janco, George Gallup, Yigael Yadin, Pierre Gemayel, Kim Sung-gan, and Andy Kaufman. After him are Kevin A. Lynch, Branko Ćopić, He Zizhen, Faina Ranevskaya, George Gaylord Simpson, and Alexis Korner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Brautigan ranks 2,165 out of 18,182. Before him are Stacy Keach (1941), Andy Kaufman (1949), E. E. Cummings (1894), Robert Sternberg (1949), Ron Paul (1935), and Buddy Guy (1936). After him are Maxwell Perkins (1884), Jeff Kinney (1971), Paul P. Harris (1868), Pat Martino (1944), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), and Nina Hartley (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Brautigan ranks 199. Before him are Peter Benchley (1940), Jane Jacobs (1916), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Eric Carle (1929), Terry Brooks (1944), and E. E. Cummings (1894). After him are Langston Hughes (1902), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Frank McCourt (1930), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), and E. Howard Hunt (1918).

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