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Shel Silverstein

1930 - 1999

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Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. During his rise to prominence in the 1950s, his illustrations were published in various newspapers and magazines, including the adult-oriented Playboy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shel Silverstein has received more than 5,512,026 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Shel Silverstein is the 3,943rd most popular writer (down from 3,726th in 2019), the 5,303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,003rd in 2019) and the 443rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shel Silverstein ranks 3,943 out of 5,755. Before him are Claribel Alegría, Barbro Lindgren, Kim Hyon-hui, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Rémy Belleau, and Bret Easton Ellis. After him are Philip Reeve, Andrée Chedid, Olof von Dalin, Lyuben Karavelov, Apollon Maykov, and Dan Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Shel Silverstein ranks 304. Before him are Egon Bondy, Merab Mamardashvili, Helen Merrill, Clive Revill, Marco Pannella, and Justinas Marcinkevičius. After him are Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Little Walter, Bayram Şit, Frances Sternhagen, Donald Moffat, and Dawn Addams. Among people deceased in 1999, Shel Silverstein ranks 146. Before him are Yevgeny Morgunov, Nilde Iotti, František Vláčil, Alfred Bickel, Regina Ghazaryan, and Rafael Iglesias. After him are Robert Mills, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, Jürgen Moser, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Minoru Chiaki, and Madeline Kahn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shel Silverstein ranks 5,303 out of 18,182. Before him are Beverly Aadland (1942), Joe Manganiello (1976), Margo Martindale (1951), Ray Bolger (1904), Sam Childers (1963), and Bret Easton Ellis (1964). After him are Robert Mills (1927), Thomas S. Monson (1927), Bridget Moynahan (1971), Linden Ashby (1960), Louis J. Mordell (1888), and Catherine Bach (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Shel Silverstein ranks 443. Before him are Mona Simpson (1957), Leigh Brackett (1915), Mike Resnick (1942), Gordon Willis (1931), Edna Ferber (1885), and Bret Easton Ellis (1964). After him are Camille Paglia (1947), Margaret Weis (1948), William Wharton (1925), Daniel Silva (1960), Tad Williams (1957), and David Mamet (1947).

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