WRITER

William Gaddis

1922 - 1998

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William Thomas Gaddis Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist. The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005 and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gaddis has received more than 491,200 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Gaddis is the 4,363rd most popular writer (down from 4,255th in 2019), the 5,829th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,870th in 2019) and the 469th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Gaddis ranks 4,363 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Mac Orlan, Yury Trifonov, Feodor Gladkov, Jean-Richard Bloch, Elke Erb, and Frik. After him are Arkady Fiedler, Bhoja, Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Yōko Ogawa, Jacques Roumain, and Manuel José Quintana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, William Gaddis ranks 267. Before him are José Luis López Vázquez, Juhan Smuul, Július Torma, Hal Moore, Agustina Bessa-Luís, and Gordon Tullock. After him are Ruby Dee, Károly Németh, Norman Lear, Lizabeth Scott, Leonel Brizola, and Pio Laghi. Among people deceased in 1998, William Gaddis ranks 194. Before him are Nicolas Bouvier, Wanda Jakubowska, Pruden, Jean Shiley, Marion Donovan, and Héctor Vilches. After him are Johannes Kotkas, Consalvo Sanesi, Fred Alderman, Vladimir Dudintsev, Junior Wells, and John Pulman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 5,829 out of 20,380. Before him are Herman Daly (1938), Kevin Conroy (1955), Steve Porcaro (1957), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Eileen Collins (1956), and Jess Willard (1881). After him are Barbara Harris (1935), Walter Lang (1896), Ruby Dee (1922), Joe Henderson (1937), Andy Griffith (1926), and Steven Zaillian (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 469. Before him are Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Mike Resnick (1942), Helen Prejean (1939), Connie Willis (1945), Larry Collins (1929), and Robert G. Ingersoll (1833). After him are William Wharton (1925), Arthur Golden (1956), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Norman Lear (1922), David Baldacci (1960), and Anna Katharine Green (1846).

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