WRITER

Shirley Jackson

1916 - 1965

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Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories. Born in San Francisco, California, Jackson attended Syracuse University in New York, where she became involved with the university's literary magazine and met her future husband Stanley Edgar Hyman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Jackson has received more than 4,257,786 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Shirley Jackson is the 1,886th most popular writer (up from 1,896th in 2019), the 2,389th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,456th in 2019) and the 212th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shirley Jackson ranks 1,886 out of 7,302. Before her are Jovan Dučić, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Stig Dagerman, Victoria Ocampo, and Chuck Palahniuk. After her are Hierocles of Alexandria, Marko Vovchok, Ion of Chios, Handrij Zejler, Henrik Wergeland, and Uri Orlev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Shirley Jackson ranks 84. Before her are Pérez Prado, Ray Conniff, Vladimir Demikhov, José Manuel Moreno, Ramón José Velásquez, and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. After her are Pierre Messmer, Jane Jacobs, Luigi Comencini, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, and Ri Jong-ok. Among people deceased in 1965, Shirley Jackson ranks 62. Before her are Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Oskar R. Lange, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Humberto Delgado, Sālote Tupou III, and Ladislas Starevich. After her are Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Edgard Varèse, Leopold Figl, Kurt Goldstein, William Heard Kilpatrick, and Ladislao Vajda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Jackson ranks 2,389 out of 20,380. Before her are Perry Como (1912), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Carmine Coppola (1910), George Hamilton (1939), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962). After her are James Levine (1943), Steve Morse (1954), Robin Tunney (1972), Don Cheadle (1964), Wilma Rudolph (1940), and John Connally (1917).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Shirley Jackson ranks 212. Before her are Anne Sexton (1928), William Moulton Marston (1893), Paul Goodman (1911), James Ellroy (1948), Johnston McCulley (1883), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962). After her are Nora Ephron (1941), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Robert James Waller (1939), Nicholas Sparks (1965), and Jane Jacobs (1916).

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