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WRITER

Theodore Dreiser

1871 - 1945

Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore Dreiser has received more than 979,215 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Theodore Dreiser is the 578th most popular writer (down from 466th in 2019), the 610th most popular biography from United States (down from 474th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Writer.

Theodore Dreiser is most famous for his novels Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy.

Memorability Metrics

980k
Page Views (PV)
65.22
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
52
Languages Editions (L)
5.59
Effective Languages (L*)
3.86
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theodore Dreiser ranks 578 out of 5,755. Before him are Eyvind Johnson, Isaac Babel, Dino Buzzati, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Francisco de Quevedo, and Salvatore Quasimodo. After him are Ludvig Holberg, Ghalib, Bernard Gui, Irène Némirovsky, Elisabeth of Wied, and Franz Werfel.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Eyvind Johnson
1900 - 1976
HPI: 65.35
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Isaac Babel
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HPI: 65.34
Rank: 573
Dino Buzzati
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HPI: 65.27
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Francisco de Quevedo
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Salvatore Quasimodo
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HPI: 65.22
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Theodore Dreiser
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 578
Ludvig Holberg
1684 - 1754
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 579
Ghalib
1797 - 1869
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 580
Bernard Gui
1261 - 1331
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 581
Irène Némirovsky
1903 - 1942
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 582
Elisabeth of Wied
1843 - 1916
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 583
Franz Werfel
1890 - 1945
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 584

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Theodore Dreiser ranks 18. Before him are Albert Lebrun, Ioannis Metaxas, Grazia Deledda, Elena of Montenegro, Lesya Ukrainka, and Heinrich Mann. After him are Giacomo Balla, Georges Rouault, František Kupka, Émile Borel, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, and Maurice Garin. Among people deceased in 1945, Theodore Dreiser ranks 51. Before him are Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Stefan Banach, Giovanni Agnelli, Robert Ritter von Greim, Karl-Otto Koch, and Karl Hanke. After him are Franz Werfel, Vladimir Vernadsky, Edgar Cayce, Hans Geiger, Edith Frank, and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.

Others Born in 1871

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Albert Lebrun
1871 - 1950
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 12
Ioannis Metaxas
1871 - 1941
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 13
Grazia Deledda
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 14
Elena of Montenegro
1871 - 1952
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 15
Lesya Ukrainka
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 16
Heinrich Mann
1871 - 1950
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 17
Theodore Dreiser
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 18
Giacomo Balla
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 19
Georges Rouault
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 20
František Kupka
1871 - 1957
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 21
Émile Borel
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 22
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia
1871 - 1899
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 23
Maurice Garin
1871 - 1957
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 24