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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 438,889 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. William Gaddis is the 4,268th most popular writer (down from 3,952nd in 2019), the 5,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,409th in 2019) and the 476th most popular American Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

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  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Gaddis ranks 4,268 out of 5,755Before him are Milovan Glišić, Rosa Sensat, Jan Arnald, Alan Bennett, Anita Loos, and Abbas Sahhat. After him are André Schwarz-Bart, Francis Marrash, Olav Duun, Raymond Schwartz, Félicien Marceau, and Ferdinand Bruckner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, William Gaddis ranks 263Before him are Étienne Gailly, Agustín Gaínza, Natalya Meklin, Félix Loustau, Léopold Anoul, and Július Torma. After him are Sabino Barinaga, Bob Anderson, Leonel Brizola, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Stellan Nilsson, and José Luis López Vázquez. Among people deceased in 1998, William Gaddis ranks 185Before him are Władysław Komar, António Ribeiro, Mary Millar, Johannes Kotkas, Rob Pilatus, and Ted Fujita. After him are Bobo Brazil, Gottfried Dienst, Kim Ki-young, Héctor Vilches, Consalvo Sanesi, and Charles Lang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 5,882 out of 18,182Before him are Kevin Richardson (1971), Amanda Bearse (1958), Dean Jagger (1903), Anita Loos (1889), Abigail Fillmore (1798), and Cameron Crowe (1957). After him are Pamela Bellwood (1951), Henry Lee III (1756), Masten Gregory (1932), Jerry Buss (1933), Grace Park (1974), and Mario Cuomo (1932).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 476Before him are William Gibson (1914), Tracy Chevalier (1962), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Rod Serling (1924), John D. MacDonald (1916), and Anita Loos (1889). After him are C. L. Moore (1911), James Lee Burke (1936), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), John Norman (1931), Sidney Howard (1891), and James Blish (1921).