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Robert Wilson

1941 - Today

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Robert Wilson (born October 4, 1941) is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright who has been described by The New York Times as "[America]'s – or even the world's – foremost vanguard 'theater artist.'" He has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. Wilson is best known for his collaboration with Philip Glass and Lucinda Childs on Einstein on the Beach, and his frequent collaborations with Tom Waits. In 1991, Wilson established The Watermill Center, "a laboratory for performance" on the East End of Long Island, New York, regularly working with opera and theater companies, as well as cultural festivals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Wilson has received more than 76,457 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Robert Wilson is the 1,375th most popular writer (down from 1,151st in 2019), the 1,683rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,404th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 76k

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  • 64.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Wilson ranks 1,375 out of 7,302. Before him are Émile Gaboriau, Hartmann Schedel, Joanot Martorell, Hartmann von Aue, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, and Rex Stout. After him are Seymour Hersh, Viktor Suvorov, Robert Browning, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Robert Wilson ranks 115. Before him are Bertrand Tavernier, Emmett Till, David Warner, Roger Lemerre, Ann-Margret, and Stephen Jay Gould. After him are Abdelkader Bensalah, Goh Chok Tong, Jorge Solari, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Peter Coyote, and Adrian Lyne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Wilson ranks 1,683 out of 20,380. Before him are Aaron Spelling (1923), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Stephen Jay Gould (1941), Héctor Elizondo (1936), Rex Stout (1886), and Peter Bogdanovich (1939). After him are Jerry Reed (1937), Maria Mitchell (1818), Ralph Bellamy (1904), Seymour Hersh (1937), Diane Lane (1965), and Alan Kay (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Wilson ranks 153. Before him are Anthony Bourdain (1956), Maria Shriver (1955), Jean M. Auel (1936), Thornton Wilder (1897), Diana Gabaldon (1952), and Rex Stout (1886). After him are Seymour Hersh (1937), Don DeLillo (1936), Robin Hobb (1952), Robert Bloch (1917), Virginia Henderson (1897), and Henry Steel Olcott (1832).

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