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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 491,318 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). William Inge is the 5,642nd most popular writer (down from 4,432nd in 2019), the 9,983rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,446th in 2019) and the 756th most popular American Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

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  • 4.13

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Inge ranks 5,642 out of 5,755Before him are Naomi Wolf, Hammond Innes, Wallace Stegner, Henrik Nordbrandt, Pavel Antokolsky, and George Grove. After him are Ewa Lipska, Kate Mosse, Laurent Binet, Alastair Reynolds, Lew Rockwell, and Tamara Gverdtsiteli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, William Inge ranks 327Before him are Fred Davis, Evelyn Venable, Theo Helfrich, Peter Glenville, Luigi Piotti, and Hammond Innes. After him are Dorothy Comingore, Bill Thompson, Annalisa Ericson, Marian Marsh, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Ferdinand Kiefler. Among people deceased in 1973, William Inge ranks 237Before him are Dudley Senanayake, François Bonlieu, Armando Segato, Mário de Noronha, Clarence White, and Arthur Fadden. After him are David Lack, Crane Wilbur, Lila Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Ernst Klodwig, and Glenn Strange.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Inge ranks 9,983 out of 18,182Before him are Madelaine Petsch (1994), John B. Anderson (1922), Melissa Ponzio (1972), Roderick Chisholm (1916), Phyllis Thaxter (1919), and Rosemary Casals (1948). After him are Buddy Adler (1906), Herbert H. Lehman (1878), G. William Miller (1925), Sanaa Lathan (1971), Kevin Cheng (1969), and Kamala (1950).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Inge ranks 756Before him are Kenneth Rexroth (1905), John Perry Barlow (1947), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Naomi Wolf (1962), and Wallace Stegner (1909). After him are Lew Rockwell (1944), Veronica Roth (1988), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Terry Southern (1924), Rick Yancey (1962), and Ann Bannon (1932).