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Walter M. Miller Jr.

1923 - 1996

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Walter Michael Miller Jr. (January 23, 1923 – January 9, 1996) was an American science fiction writer. His fix-up novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), the only novel published in his lifetime, won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter M. Miller Jr. has received more than 249,030 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter M. Miller Jr. is the 5,139th most popular writer (down from 4,786th in 2019), the 7,328th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,996th in 2019) and the 578th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter M. Miller Jr. ranks 5,139 out of 7,302. Before him are Harold Russell, Louella Parsons, Margita Figuli, Albert Mol, Joe Eszterhas, and Alfonso Sastre. After him are Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Riccardo Bacchelli, Virgilio Piñera, Cornelia Sorabji, Gjorgji Abadžiev, and Anne V. Coates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Walter M. Miller Jr. ranks 346. Before him are Ferenc Sidó, Al Lewis, Alina Janowska, Otar Korkia, Buddy DeFranco, and Samiha Khalil. After him are Jean Stapleton, Imre Varga, Medea Japaridze, Ivor Bueb, Gustaw Holoubek, and Eric Wolf. Among people deceased in 1996, Walter M. Miller Jr. ranks 251. Before him are Kusuo Kitamura, Petre Steinbach, Duane Hanson, Ali Hatami, Vyacheslav Lemeshev, and Rafaela Aparicio. After him are David Tudor, Joonas Kokkonen, Henri Lepage, Jack Weston, Ludovico Avio, and Gesualdo Bufalino.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter M. Miller Jr. ranks 7,328 out of 20,380. Before him are Vanessa Blue (1974), Louella Parsons (1881), Edward Burns (1968), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Alan Oppenheimer (1930), and Pete Docter (1968). After him are William Luther Pierce (1933), James Smith McDonnell (1899), Lili Taylor (1967), James Spriggs Payne (1819), Harry Lennix (1964), and Theodore Roberts (1861).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walter M. Miller Jr. ranks 578. Before him are Jack Finney (1911), Frank Norris (1870), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Warren Farrell (1943), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), and Louella Parsons (1881). After him are Eve Ensler (1953), Richard Powers (1957), Ernie Pyle (1900), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Philip Agee (1935), and Rita Mae Brown (1944).

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