WRITER

Robert Coover

1932 - 2024

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Robert Lowell Coover (February 4, 1932 – October 5, 2024) was an American novelist, short story writer, and T. B. Stowell Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Coover has received more than 300,939 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Coover is the 6,007th most popular writer (down from 5,498th in 2019), the 9,802nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,232nd in 2019) and the 740th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pricksongs and Descants
1969
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc.
Accountants, Fiction
1968
Ghost town
Cowboys, Fiction, Outlaws
1998
The origin of the Brunists
Cults, Fiction
1966
Gerald's party
Dinners and dining, Fiction, Entertaining
1986
A night at the movies, or, You must remember this
Motion pictures, Fiction, Modern fiction
1988

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Coover ranks 6,007 out of 7,302. Before him are Carol J. Adams, Jonathan Safran Foer, Harry Turtledove, Arthur Laurents, Paulina Chiziane, and Larry Kramer. After him are David Storey, Jacob Abbott, Keri Hulme, Andreas Eschbach, Sarah Waters, and Philippa Pearce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Coover ranks 478. Before him are Tamás Gábor, Prunella Scales, Edward Stevens, Albert Reynolds, Enrique Múgica, and Bailey Olter. After him are Ramón Tapia, Alexander Goehr, Mikhail Ogonkov, Nikolay Anikin, Sergio Brighenti, and Stan Vickers. Among people deceased in 2024, Robert Coover ranks 363. Before him are Roberto Chale, Shigeharu Ueki, Choi Dae-shik, Moacir Rodrigues Santos, Arvo Valton, and Kenjiro Shinozuka. After him are Bruce Ames, Comunardo Niccolai, Ivan Charota, Alexander Goehr, Domingo Pérez, and Manfred Wolke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Coover ranks 9,802 out of 20,380. Before him are Ernie Kovacs (1919), Taissa Farmiga (1994), Rob Estes (1963), John L. Phillips (1951), Larry Kramer (1935), and Van Dyke Parks (1943). After him are Beth Fowler (1940), Michael Constantine (1927), Sherry Turkle (1948), Michael Horse (1949), Julianne Nicholson (1971), and William Kircher (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Coover ranks 740. Before him are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Carol J. Adams (1951), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Harry Turtledove (1949), Arthur Laurents (1917), and Larry Kramer (1935). After him are Jacob Abbott (1803), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Nella Larsen (1891), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Dick Cavett (1936), and Andy Weir (1972).

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