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Samuel R. Delany

1942 - Today

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Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, də-LAY-nee; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society. His fiction includes Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967, respectively); Hogg, Nova, Dhalgren, the Return to Nevèrÿon series, and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel R. Delany has received more than 1,087,780 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel R. Delany is the 1,346th most popular writer (up from 1,494th in 2019), the 1,699th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,835th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Writer.

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  • 24

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  • 10.23

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  • 1.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuel R. Delany ranks 1,346 out of 5,755Before him are Jakob Wassermann, Joyce Carol Oates, Radoje Domanović, William Styron, Stig Dagerman, and Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf. After him are Daniel Pennac, Ibn Khallikan, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, James Oliver Curwood, Ubertino of Casale, and Adam de la Halle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Samuel R. Delany ranks 121Before him are László Sólyom, Anita Pallenberg, Vladimir Bukovsky, Barry Levinson, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, and Sixto Rodriguez. After him are Jim Rogers, Carlos Monzón, Roger Ebert, David Bradley, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, and Isaac Hayes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel R. Delany ranks 1,699 out of 18,182Before him are Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Chris Evans (1981), William Styron (1925), Richard Serra (1939), John Backus (1924), and Charles Mingus (1922). After him are Robert E. Park (1864), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Tom Regan (1938), Charles Eames (1907), James Oliver Curwood (1878), and Thomas Haden Church (1960).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Samuel R. Delany ranks 161Before him are Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Robert Sheckley (1928), Don DeLillo (1936), Robert Bloch (1917), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), and William Styron (1925). After him are James Oliver Curwood (1878), Edward Albee (1928), Norman Mailer (1923), Diana Gabaldon (1952), James Patterson (1947), and Thornton Wilder (1897).

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