WRITER

Richard Wright

1908 - 1960

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Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. His best known works include the novella collection Uncle Tom's Children (1938), the novel Native Son (1940), and the memoir Black Boy (1945). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Wright has received more than 72,769 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Richard Wright is the 2,478th most popular writer (down from 2,472nd in 2019), the 3,133rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,213th in 2019) and the 269th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Native son
African American men, African Americans, Bigger Thomas (Fictitious character)
Book Description (from Amazon.com) Publication Date: June 3, 2009 Perennial Classic Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
1940
Black power
Black race., Description and travel, Blacks
1954
Black boy
Biography, American Authors, Social life and customs
Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming of age during a particular time and place, Black Boy remains a seminal text in our history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America.
1945
White man, listen!
Black race., Black race
1957
Uncle Tom's children
African Americans, Fiction, Social life and customs
1938
The outsider
Communists, Communist parties, Racism
1953

Page views of Richard Wrights by language

Over the past year Richard Wright has had the most page views in the with 19,360 views, followed by Italian (8,637), and German (8,562). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (653.08%), Simple English (164.78%), and Latin (131.30%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Wright ranks 2,478 out of 7,302. Before him are Lidia Zamenhof, George Ohsawa, Sergey Aksakov, John of Ephesus, Marlen Haushofer, and Carlo Emilio Gadda. After him are Eeva Kilpi, Ludovic Halévy, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Timotheus of Miletus, and Wilhelm Raabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Richard Wright ranks 135. Before him are Robert Rossen, Bo Yibo, Petro Shelest, Son Ngoc Thanh, Sam Giancana, and Salo Flohr. After him are Aurelio Peccei, Ivan Yefremov, Lee Krasner, Mario Evaristo, Anna Sten, and Juan López Fontana. Among people deceased in 1960, Richard Wright ranks 76. Before him are Hans Albers, Semyon Bogdanov, Hashim al-Atassi, Cedric Gibbons, Véra Clouzot, and James Montgomery Flagg. After him are John B. Kelly Sr., Erwin Jaenecke, Nima Yooshij, Leó Weiner, Alan Stacey, and Jules Supervielle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Wright ranks 3,133 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Thorpe (1896), Philip Baker Hall (1931), DMX (1970), Lauren Hutton (1943), Abel Ferrara (1951), and James Montgomery Flagg (1877). After him are John Marshall (1755), Coretta Scott King (1927), Edwin Moses (1955), Allan Kaprow (1927), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), and Marie Tharp (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Wright ranks 269. Before him are Kate Millett (1934), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Kate Chopin (1850), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), Winston Groom (1943), and Annie Proulx (1935). After him are Michael Bishop (1945), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Ron Kovic (1946), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Margaret Fuller (1810), and John Edward Williams (1922).

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