WRITER

Stephen R. Donaldson

1947 - Today

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Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity, conceptual abstractness, moral bleakness, and the use of an arcane vocabulary, and has attracted critical praise for its "imagination, vivid characterizations, and fast pace". Donaldson earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and a master's degree from Kent State University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen R. Donaldson has received more than 597,556 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Stephen R. Donaldson is the 6,055th most popular writer (down from 5,548th in 2019), the 10,013th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,466th in 2019) and the 753rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 600k

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  • 51.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stephen R. Donaldson ranks 6,055 out of 7,302. Before him are Cyril Collard, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Franz Fühmann, Alain Mabanckou, and Gustav Hasford. After him are Pavao Pavličić, Iolo Morganwg, Malcolm Gladwell, John Braine, Henry Lawson, and Gerhard Roth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Stephen R. Donaldson ranks 716. Before him are Ada Kok, Olga Pall, Klaus Reichert, Helena Takalo, Hal Abelson, and Gustav Hasford. After him are Tomas Pettersson, Jan-Erik Enestam, Navin Ramgoolam, John Perry Barlow, Françoise Demulder, and David Bordwell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen R. Donaldson ranks 10,013 out of 20,380. Before him are Juli Ashton (1969), Samantha Smith (1969), Tony Martin (1913), Gustav Hasford (1947), Michael Pitt (1981), and Kevin Dobson (1943). After him are Peyton List (1986), Wendie Jo Sperber (1958), Jon Huertas (1969), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Les Aspin (1938), and Dee Bradley Baker (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Stephen R. Donaldson ranks 753. Before him are Scott Turow (1949), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Crane Wilbur (1886), Armistead Maupin (1944), Tony Kushner (1956), and Gustav Hasford (1947). After him are Charles Brackett (1892), John Perry Barlow (1947), David Simon (1960), Peter Matthiessen (1927), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), and Lee Strobel (1952).

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