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Stephen Crane

1871 - 1900

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Crane has received more than 1,446,263 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Stephen Crane is the 1,828th most popular writer (down from 964th in 2019), the 2,299th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,132nd in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 62.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stephen Crane ranks 1,828 out of 7,302. Before him are Xu Shen, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Katia Mann, Prosper of Aquitaine, Elif Shafak, and Quadratus of Athens. After him are Verrius Flaccus, Lina Kostenko, Marcus Tullius Tiro, Malcolm Lowry, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, and Rick Riordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Stephen Crane ranks 42. Before him are Gerardo Machado, Sergei Bulgakov, Zhang Jinghui, William McDougall, Fedor Tokarev, and Christian Morgenstern. After him are Doppo Kunikida, Jovan Dučić, Ovide Decroly, Mariano Fortuny, Cesare Mori, and Hanns Heinz Ewers. Among people deceased in 1900, Stephen Crane ranks 34. Before him are Samori Ture, Princess Josephine of Baden, Joseph Bertrand, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, and Zdeněk Fibich. After him are Vasily Kalinnikov, Mihály Munkácsy, Pyotr Lavrov, Henry Sidgwick, Hermann Levi, and David Edward Hughes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Crane ranks 2,299 out of 20,380. Before him are Stella Adler (1901), Paul Sorvino (1939), Lee Grant (1927), Diana Nyad (1949), Treat Williams (1951), and Frank Jack Fletcher (1885). After him are John Phillips (1935), Rick Riordan (1964), Harlow Shapley (1885), Holly Hunter (1958), Lionel Barrymore (1878), and David Strathairn (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Stephen Crane ranks 203. Before him are Robert Silverberg (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Betty Friedan (1921), Agnes Smedley (1892), and Frederik Pohl (1919). After him are Rick Riordan (1964), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), William Moulton Marston (1893), Paul Goodman (1911), and James Ellroy (1948).

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