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Richard Yates

1926 - 1992

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Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award, while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Yates has received more than 20,041 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Richard Yates is the 3,658th most popular writer (down from 3,323rd in 2019), the 4,683rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,361st in 2019) and the 389th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Easter parade
Fiction, Sisters, Women
1976
The Easter Parade
1983
Liars in love
1981
Revolutionary road
Married people, Fiction, Suburban life
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." --William StyronFrom the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple who have lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their spiritual birthright, betraying not only each other, but their best selves.In his introduction to this edition, novelist Richard Ford pays homage to the lasting influence and enduring power of Revolutionary Road.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1961
Young hearts crying
Married people, Fiction
1984
Eleven kinds of loneliness
Social life and customs, Fiction
1962
Eleven kinds of loneliness
Social life and customs, Fiction, United states, fiction
1962
Young hearts crying
Married people, Fiction
1984
Revolutionary road
Married people, Fiction, Suburban life
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." --William StyronFrom the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple who have lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their spiritual birthright, betraying not only each other, but their best selves.In his introduction to this edition, novelist Richard Ford pays homage to the lasting influence and enduring power of Revolutionary Road.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1961
Liars in love
American Short stories
1981
Revolutionary Road
American fiction (fictional works by one author), Connecticut, fiction, Married people, fiction
2008
The Easter parade
Fiction, Sisters, Women
Follows forty years in the lives of two sisters, victims of divorced, neglectful parents, as they develop into different kinds of women.
1976

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Yates ranks 3,658 out of 7,302. Before him are Otfrid of Weissenburg, Farrukhi Sistani, Ilya Ilf, Johan Herman Wessel, Firaq Gorakhpuri, and Guillaume Musso. After him are Tevfik Fikret, Sylvia Nasar, Marta Kauffman, Olympia Fulvia Morata, Qul Ghali, and Antero de Quental.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Richard Yates ranks 244. Before him are K. D. Jadhav, Heinz Kwiatkowski, Baltazar, Julie Adams, Salvador Jorge Blanco, and Driss Chraïbi. After him are Fernando J. Corbató, Theo Adam, Janet Asimov, Heriberto Herrera, Stanley Cavell, and Tadeusz Konwicki. Among people deceased in 1992, Richard Yates ranks 142. Before him are Marsha P. Johnson, Jack Arnold, Harald Sæverud, Sylvain Arend, Piotr Jaroszewicz, and Arthur Cronquist. After him are Mihailo Lalić, Viktor Grishin, Andrew Marton, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Ron Woodroof, and Ferdinand Adams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Yates ranks 4,683 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Z'Dar (1950), Ryan Murphy (1965), Charles Best (1899), Carey Lowell (1961), Otto Warmbier (1994), and Walter Bedell Smith (1895). After him are Radia Perlman (1951), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Estelle Harris (1928), Seymour Cray (1925), Michael Shannon (1974), and Marta Kauffman (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Yates ranks 389. Before him are Robert W. Chambers (1865), Emma Lazarus (1849), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Charles Fort (1874), Lillian Hellman (1905), and John Ashbery (1927). After him are Marta Kauffman (1956), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Thomas Friedman (1953), Robert Leckie (1920), Joe Haldeman (1943), and Janet Asimov (1926).

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