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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 438,351 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). W. S. Merwin is the 5,472nd most popular writer (down from 5,053rd in 2019), the 9,081st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,065th in 2019) and the 706th most popular American Writer.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, W. S. Merwin ranks 5,472 out of 5,755. Before him are Hans Jæger, Per Wästberg, Wajdi Mouawad, Uma Aaltonen, Terence Rattigan, and Julia Alvarez. After him are Howard Jacobson, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Robert Creeley, Ksenia Sobchak, Charlotte Mary Yonge, and Walter de la Mare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, W. S. Merwin ranks 364. Before him are Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Chris Connor, Pat Carroll, Vladimir Motyl, Roberto Bussinello, and Carmen Zapata. After him are Tibor Csík, François Nourissier, Howard Zieff, Edie Adams, Alan Bridges, and Johnnie Ray. Among people deceased in 2019, W. S. Merwin ranks 414. Before him are Heinz Fütterer, Alasdair Gray, Ingemar Hedberg, Mary Oliver, Joseph Pilato, and Gerhard Auer. After him are W. Morgan Sheppard, Juan Rodríguez, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Norbert Eder, Aleksandar Kostov, and Siegmar Wätzlich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. S. Merwin ranks 9,081 out of 18,182. Before him are Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Tim Hardaway (1966), Vincent Persichetti (1915), Julia Alvarez (1950), Joseph Dunford (1955), and Michael D. Griffin (1949). After him are Red Amick (1929), Robert Elswit (1950), Teri Polo (1969), Jelena Jensen (1981), Richard Tucker (1913), and Kawhi Leonard (1991).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, W. S. Merwin ranks 706. Before him are John Jakes (1932), Kenneth Burke (1897), Armistead Maupin (1944), Mary Oliver (1935), Philip Agee (1935), and Julia Alvarez (1950). After him are Robert Creeley (1926), David Brown (1916), Alvah Bessie (1904), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Theodora Kroeber (1897), and Tony Kushner (1956).

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