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W. S. Merwin

1927 - 2019

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William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, his writing influence derived from an interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. S. Merwin has received more than 457,250 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. W. S. Merwin is the 5,996th most popular writer (down from 5,453rd in 2019), the 9,728th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,063rd in 2019) and the 733rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 460k

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  • 43.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, W. S. Merwin ranks 5,996 out of 7,302. Before him are Vladimir Tendryakov, Liao Yiwu, Leszek Engelking, Alexander Afinogenov, Alex Garland, and Gardner Fox. After him are Lucy Hawking, Kristina Lugn, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Joel Lehtonen, Carol J. Adams, and Jonathan Safran Foer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, W. S. Merwin ranks 414. Before him are François Nourissier, Chris Connor, Kees Broekman, Tibor Csík, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Tatyana Zaslavskaya. After him are Johnnie Ray, Red Mitchell, Parkash Singh Badal, Michael Constantine, Walter Bahr, and Gábor Benedek. Among people deceased in 2019, W. S. Merwin ranks 467. Before him are Alvin Sargent, Fernando Roldán, Edward Seaga, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Neil Innes, and Mary L. Good. After him are Bruno Nicolè, Héctor Santos, Rip Taylor, Guy François, Chuck Peddle, and Stig Sollander.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. S. Merwin ranks 9,728 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Beane (1962), Norman Johnson (1930), Alison Sudol (1984), Tom Seaver (1944), Steven R. Nagel (1946), and Cleve Moler (1939). After him are Neal H. Moritz (1959), John Hodiak (1914), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), Pam Shriver (1962), David Koechner (1962), and Eric Bischoff (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, W. S. Merwin ranks 733. Before him are Walter Lord (1917), Michael Parenti (1933), Tom Brokaw (1940), Richard Russo (1949), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), and Gardner Fox (1911). After him are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Carol J. Adams (1951), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Harry Turtledove (1949), Arthur Laurents (1917), and Larry Kramer (1935).

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