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Sharon Olds

1942 - Today

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Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sharon Olds has received more than 368,657 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sharon Olds is the 6,764th most popular writer, the 13,835th most popular biography from United States and the 1,013th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Stag's leap
American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
2012
The wellspring
American Women poets, Families, Motherhood
1996
One secret thing
American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
"In One Secret Thing, Sharon Olds completes her cycle of family poems. The book opens with a poem in twelve parts, which focuses on fearsome images of war. This vision of strife between nations is followed by indelible new poems of conflict within a family. Here are poems of home in which anger, joy, danger, and desire sing together with lyric energy - sometimes comic, sometimes with unblinking forgiveness."--Jacket.
2008
Blood, tin, straw
Poetry (poetic works by one author), New York Times reviewed
1999
The gold cell
Women authors, Poetry, American poetry
1987
The father
Fathers and daughters, Death, Poetry
1992

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sharon Olds ranks 6,764 out of 7,302. Before her are George Etherege, Horton Foote, Allen Tate, Marge Piercy, Stanley Middleton, and Howard Gordon. After her are Miro Gavran, Michael Davitt, Leena Lehtolainen, Charley Boorman, Ed Greenwood, and Nina Bawden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Sharon Olds ranks 709. Before her are Joy Behar, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Muriel Day, Mac Davis, Richard M. Daley, and Adrian Metcalfe. After her are Jeff Astle, Harvey Atkin, Letta Mbulu, Peter Thompson, Thomas Menino, and Dick Pound.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sharon Olds ranks 13,835 out of 20,380. Before her are Howard Gordon (1961), John Sherman Cooper (1901), Sam Nunn (1938), Ramy Youssef (1991), Joycelyn Elders (1933), and Bea Benaderet (1906). After her are Yaya DaCosta (1982), Gus Johnson (1938), Brandon Flowers (1981), Michel Gill (1960), Donna Shalala (1941), and Euphemia Haynes (1890).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sharon Olds ranks 1,013. Before her are H. Beam Piper (1904), James K. Morrow (1947), Horton Foote (1916), Allen Tate (1899), Marge Piercy (1936), and Howard Gordon (1961). After her are Katharine Lee Bates (1859), Justin Cronin (1962), Brannon Braga (1965), Bryan Fuller (1969), D. C. Fontana (1939), and Dave Meltzer (1959).

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