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William Inge

1913 - 1973

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William Motter Inge (; May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s he had a string of memorable Broadway productions, including Picnic, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Inge has received more than 537,895 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). William Inge is the 5,935th most popular writer (down from 5,622nd in 2019), the 9,492nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,960th in 2019) and the 720th most popular American Writer.

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  • 51.74

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Inge ranks 5,935 out of 7,302. Before him are Kåre Holt, Hanya Yanagihara, Meg Cabot, Alvah Bessie, René Boylesve, and Jorge Enrique Adoum. After him are Mina Loy, Ian Buruma, Zoé Valdés, Wilma Mankiller, Philippe Delerm, and Christian Kracht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, William Inge ranks 343. Before him are Ioachim Moldoveanu, Minoru Honda, Jim Backus, Dave Albritton, Martin Kamen, and Fred Davis. After him are Luis Taruc, Bertalan Papp, Mildred Cohn, Gardnar Mulloy, Humberto Mariles, and Jimmy Van Heusen. Among people deceased in 1973, William Inge ranks 257. Before him are Tim Holt, A. Edward Sutherland, Alla Tarasova, Michael Dunn, Nasif Estéfano, and Kurt Thomas. After him are C. H. Dodd, Ken Maynard, Tomoji Abe, Hellmuth Kneser, Piero Drogo, and Hans Haas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Inge ranks 9,492 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Harrison McKee (1858), G. D. Spradlin (1920), Don Williams (1939), Fredric Lehne (1959), Paul Motian (1931), and Gary Johnson (1953). After him are Jay Park (1987), Gail Halvorsen (1920), Richard Cheese (1965), Lex Luger (1958), Amy Yasbeck (1962), and Robert Farnan (1877).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Inge ranks 720. Before him are John Berryman (1914), Naomi Novik (1973), Tim LaHaye (1926), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Meg Cabot (1967), and Alvah Bessie (1904). After him are Wilma Mankiller (1945), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), James Dickey (1923), Damon Lindelof (1973), Daniel Quinn (1935), and Winston Churchill (1871).

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