WRITER

Wallace Stegner

1909 - 1993

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Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, writer, environmentalist, and historian. He was often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallace Stegner has received more than 655,905 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Wallace Stegner is the 6,223rd most popular writer (down from 5,618th in 2019), the 10,800th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,935th in 2019) and the 803rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Angle of repose
Grandparents in fiction, Married people in fiction, Fiction
Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family.
1971
Wolf willow
Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Moeurs et coutumes
1962
Crossing to safety
Open Library Staff Picks, Married people, Novelists
This novel is perfect for anyone who’s been in a long-term relationship, or realized that the majority of their social time is spent with other couples. A great reminder that marriage is a marathon, not a sprint.
1987
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Fiction, Literature, Families
Bo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks out his fortune—in the hotel business, in new farmland, and, eventually, in illegal rum-running through the treacherous back roads of the American Northwest.Stegner portrays more than thirty years in the life of the Mason family in this masterful, harrwoing saga of people trying to survive during the lean years of the early twentieth century.
1943
Beyond the hundredth meridian
Biography, Biography & Autobiography, History
1953
All the little live things
Fiction, Fathers and sons, Suicide victims
1967

Page views of Wallace Stegners by language

Over the past year Wallace Stegner has had the most page views in the with 79,448 views, followed by French (3,447), and Spanish (2,309). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (156.28%), (110.63%), and Thai (40.65%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wallace Stegner ranks 6,223 out of 7,302. Before him are Lawrence Venuti, Max Hastings, George Alec Effinger, N. Scott Momaday, Cecily von Ziegesar, and Olivier Weber. After him are Chen Danqing, Roger Foulon, Philippe Méaille, Anthony McCarten, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, and Reiko Yoshida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Wallace Stegner ranks 393. Before him are Vladimir Barmin, Frank Albertson, Alan Curtis, Piero Scotti, Raúl Landini, and Guillermo Douglas. After him are Philip G. Epstein, Bimal Roy, Howard Da Silva, Gregor Hradetzky, C. Douglas Dillon, and Sam Balter. Among people deceased in 1993, Wallace Stegner ranks 287. Before him are Helmut Braselmann, Vladimir Barmin, Kenneth Connor, Alfred Mosher Butts, Flora Nwapa, and Ben Klassen. After him are Michael Clarke, Penaia Ganilau, Glenn Corbett, Clifford Jordan, Chinmayananda Saraswati, and Jón Páll Sigmarsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wallace Stegner ranks 10,800 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan Henderson (1970), Kenneth Choi (1971), Thomas Bopp (1949), Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), The Game (1979), and Doug Collins (1951). After him are James Workman (1908), Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947), Wiley Post (1898), Frank Perry (1930), Paul Stewart (1908), and Alan Cooper (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Wallace Stegner ranks 803. Before him are Emma Willard (1787), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Lawrence Venuti (1953), George Alec Effinger (1947), N. Scott Momaday (1934), and Cecily von Ziegesar (1970). After him are Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), Tristan Taormino (1971), Andrew Vachss (1942), Donald A. Wollheim (1914), Cheryl Strayed (1968), and Charles Eastman (1858).

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