WRITER

Rita Dove

1952 - Today

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Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rita Dove has received more than 444,817 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Rita Dove is the 7,046th most popular writer (down from 6,330th in 2019), the 16,051st most popular biography from United States (down from 15,013th in 2019) and the 1,120th most popular American Writer.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rita Dove ranks 7,046 out of 7,302. Before her are Lucille Clifton, Justin Knapp, Arno Geiger, Hanne Ørstavik, Tahereh Mafi, and Koenraad Elst. After her are Gregory Maguire, Mike Reiss, Viet Thanh Nguyen, James Gould Cozzens, Grace Ogot, and Sherman Alexie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rita Dove ranks 769. Before her are Bob Corker, Tom McMillen, George Allen, Helen Dunmore, Spencer Abraham, and Peter Tatchell. After her are Urvashi Butalia, William F. Readdy, Armelia McQueen, Christine Prinsloo, Joe Johnson, and Medea Benjamin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rita Dove ranks 16,051 out of 20,380. Before her are Tahereh Mafi (1988), DeAnna Price (1993), Wes Ball (1980), Nicholas Britell (1980), Eva Bowring (1892), and John Grant (1968). After her are Young Buck (1981), David Smith (1985), Charles King (1895), Robin Weigert (1969), Roxana Saberi (1977), and Antawn Jamison (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rita Dove ranks 1,120. Before her are George Will (1941), Geoff Johns (1973), Walt Dohrn (1970), Lucille Clifton (1936), Justin Knapp (1982), and Tahereh Mafi (1988). After her are Gregory Maguire (1954), Mike Reiss (1959), James Gould Cozzens (1903), Sherman Alexie (1966), Kenneth Turan (1946), and Edward P. Jones (1950).

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