WRITER

Whittaker Chambers

1901 - 1961

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Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer and intelligence agent. After early years as a Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet spy (1932–1938), he defected from the Soviet underground (1938), worked for Time magazine (1939–1948), and then testified about the Ware Group in what became the Hiss case for perjury (1949–1950), often referred to as the trial of the century, all described in his 1952 memoir Witness. Afterwards, he worked as a senior editor at National Review (1957–1959). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Whittaker Chambers has received more than 1,032,859 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Whittaker Chambers is the 5,598th most popular writer (down from 5,406th in 2019), the 8,424th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,841st in 2019) and the 649th most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.54

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Notable Works

Can you hear their voices?
Communists, Food relief, Droughts
1931
Odyssey of a friend
Politics and government
1970
Witness
Alger Hiss, Biography, Chambers, Whittaker
The moving autobiography and reflective meditation of a communist spy who became a Christian and, to the scorn of the intellectual establishment, witnessed to God's grace.
1952
Notes from the underground
Correspondence, Sources, Politics and government
1997
Ghosts on the roof
Civilization, Western, History and criticism, History, Modern
this book is actually a children's book about divorce
1989

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Whittaker Chambers ranks 5,598 out of 7,302. Before him are Åsne Seierstad, J. Slauerhoff, Marilyn Ferguson, Otokar Březina, Cassandra Fedele, and Ha Jin. After him are L. J. Smith, James C. Collins, Mark Haddon, Domiziana Giordano, Rıfat Ilgaz, and Judith Krantz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Whittaker Chambers ranks 286. Before him are James Dunn, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Paul Fix, Joseph De Combe, Åke Borg, and Mark Oliphant. After him are Endre Steiner, Pedro Benítez, Boris Chirkov, Helen Ferguson, Ben Lyon, and Felipe Molas López. Among people deceased in 1961, Whittaker Chambers ranks 166. Before him are Jean Piot, Louis Rwagasore, Zoltan Korda, Harry DeBaecke, Eugene Bullard, and Robert L. Eichelberger. After him are Jānis Endzelīns, Howard P. Robertson, Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, Ruth Chatterton, and Alfred Carlton Gilbert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 8,424 out of 20,380. Before him are Glenn Medeiros (1970), Lewis Teague (1938), Savannah (1970), David M. Brown (1956), Annette Rogers (1913), and Jack Sholder (1945). After him are Debi Mazar (1964), David Paymer (1954), L. J. Smith (1965), James C. Collins (1958), William Alston (1921), and Benjamin Smith Barton (1766).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 649. Before him are Larry McMurtry (1936), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Steven Millhauser (1943), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), and Marilyn Ferguson (1938). After him are L. J. Smith (1965), James C. Collins (1958), Judith Krantz (1928), Howard Ashman (1950), Lin Carter (1930), and David Benioff (1970).

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