WRITER

Sherwood Anderson

1876 - 1941

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Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sherwood Anderson has received more than 800,618 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Sherwood Anderson is the 902nd most popular writer (down from 773rd in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from United States (down from 900th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Writer.

Sherwood Anderson was an American writer who was most famous for his Winesburg, Ohio, a collection of short stories that focuses on the lives of the people in a small town.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A story teller's story
Authors, American
1922
Marching Men
1917
Winesburg, Ohio
1919
Windy McPherson's son
1916
Mid-American chants
1918
Poor White
1800

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sherwood Anderson ranks 902 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugène Scribe, Daniel Goleman, Roger Zelazny, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Appius Claudius Caecus, and Shoko Asahara. After him are Etty Hillesum, Bruce Chatwin, Maurice Druon, Wole Soyinka, Stefan George, and Branislav Nušić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Sherwood Anderson ranks 32. Before him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Maxim Litvinov, Wilhelm Cuno, Kim Koo, and Bruno Walter. After him are Paula Modersohn-Becker, John Macleod, Wied, Prince of Albania, Jean Webster, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1941, Sherwood Anderson ranks 31. Before him are Werner Mölders, Werner Sombart, Kurt Koffka, Ludwig Quidde, Günther Prien, and Alexej von Jawlensky. After him are Christian Rakovsky, Henri Lebesgue, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Pál Teleki, Louis Chevrolet, and Sisowath Monivong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sherwood Anderson ranks 1,002 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Goleman (1946), Anton LaVey (1930), Tony Bennett (1926), Roger Zelazny (1937), Kary Mullis (1944), and John Gotti (1940). After him are Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), John Franklin Enders (1897), Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), Louise Fletcher (1934), Mae West (1893), and Nettie Stevens (1861).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sherwood Anderson ranks 96. Before him are Dashiell Hammett (1894), Joseph Campbell (1904), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Daniel Goleman (1946), and Roger Zelazny (1937). After him are L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Walter Lippmann (1889), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Clifford D. Simak (1904), Thomas Pynchon (1937), and Joyce Carol Oates (1938).

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