WRITER

Thomas Berger

1924 - 2014

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Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure. Berger's biting wit led many reviewers to refer to him as a satirist or "comic" novelist, descriptions he preferred to reject. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Berger has received more than 19,123 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Thomas Berger is the 5,893rd most popular writer (down from 5,508th in 2019), the 9,339th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,281st in 2019) and the 710th most popular American Writer.

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  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Berger ranks 5,893 out of 7,302. Before him are Narcyza Żmichowska, John Jakes, Wilhelm Genazino, Katherine Pancol, Jaroslav Kvapil, and Anthony Shaffer. After him are August Gailit, Gay Talese, Oscar Levertin, Wilbert Awdry, Lydie Salvayre, and Henry Lincoln.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Thomas Berger ranks 430. Before him are Mark Lenard, Wally Ris, Ingrid Sandahl, Harry Schwarz, William H. Webster, and César Ruminski. After him are Lennart Magnusson, Norman Fell, William Russell, Jocelyne LaGarde, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, and Bette Nesmith Graham. Among people deceased in 2014, Thomas Berger ranks 439. Before him are Tivadar Monostori, Rik Mayall, Lynsey de Paul, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Holger Hansson, and Mark Strand. After him are Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Toimi Alatalo, Mae Young, Carmen Zapata, Elizabeth Peña, and Álex Angulo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Berger ranks 9,339 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenneth Marshall (1950), Shannon Leto (1970), Jim Ross (1952), Danica McKellar (1975), Alan King (1927), and Jonathan Harris (1914). After him are Gay Talese (1932), Wiz Khalifa (1987), George Lopez (1961), Arthur Shaw (1886), Richard Davis (1930), and Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Berger ranks 710. Before him are Booth Tarkington (1869), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), R. A. Lafferty (1914), Lyman Abbott (1835), Albert Maltz (1908), and John Jakes (1932). After him are Gay Talese (1932), Michael Swanwick (1950), John Green (1977), John Berryman (1914), Naomi Novik (1973), and Tim LaHaye (1926).

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