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Robert Lowell

1917 - 1977

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Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His family, past and present, were important subjects in his poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Lowell has received more than 985,838 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Lowell is the 4,621st most popular writer (up from 4,804th in 2019), the 6,238th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,029th in 2019) and the 502nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Life studies
American poetry
1959
Near the ocean
Poetry, American poetry, Procurement
1967
Poems, 1938-1949
1933
The new priest in Conception Bay
Accessible book
1858
Imitations
English poetry, Poetry, Translations from foreign languages
1961
The Old Glory
Drama, History
1965

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Lowell ranks 4,621 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Carey, Gordon Willis, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Gonçalves Dias, Anita Loos, and Agnes Miegel. After him are Staka Skenderova, Eugenio Espejo, Łukasz Górnicki, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Friedrich von Hagedorn, and James Agee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Robert Lowell ranks 233. Before him are Ossie Davis, Simon Slåttvik, J. L. Mackie, Helena Rasiowa, Sidney Nolan, and Fyodor Khitruk. After him are Ramanand Sagar, James Donald, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert Fano, Ibrahim Shams, and Madeleine Robinson. Among people deceased in 1977, Robert Lowell ranks 174. Before him are Vladimir Tributs, Johann Nepomuk David, Florence Vidor, Peter Carl Goldmark, Arnold Bode, and Rodolfo Walsh. After him are Oğuz Atay, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, Sid Atkinson, Georges Grignard, Zero Mostel, and Gary Gilmore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lowell ranks 6,238 out of 20,380. Before him are Marshall Applewhite (1931), Sting (1959), Theodore Freeman (1930), Corinne Griffith (1894), Anita Loos (1889), and Gary Ross (1956). After him are Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Ray Romano (1957), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Renee O'Connor (1971), Aria Giovanni (1977), and Caroline Harrison (1832).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Lowell ranks 502. Before him are Robert Richardson (1955), Camille Paglia (1947), Art Buchwald (1925), John Piper (1946), Gordon Willis (1931), and Anita Loos (1889). After him are James Agee (1909), Zane Grey (1872), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Eudora Welty (1909), Tobias Wolff (1945), and Louis Bromfield (1896).

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