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A. E. van Vogt

1912 - 2000

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Alfred Elton van Vogt ( VAN VOHKT; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentieth century, the genre's so-called Golden Age, and one of the most complex. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their 14th Grand Master in 1995 (presented 1996). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. E. van Vogt is the 1,417th most popular writer (down from 1,297th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Canada (down from 65th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, A. E. van Vogt ranks 1,417 out of 7,302. Before him are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Jean-Jacques Ampère, John Berger, Roger Caillois, and Fulcher of Chartres. After him are Odo of Cluny, Allan Pinkerton, William Styron, José de Acosta, Louise Labé, and Liu Cixin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, A. E. van Vogt ranks 82. Before him are Hermann Graf, Pedro Armendáriz, Lev Gumilyov, Ivan Yakubovsky, Jean Améry, and Khertek Anchimaa-Toka. After him are Georg Solti, Ertuğrul Osman, Hugh Griffith, Michael Wilding, Petar Stambolić, and Kamala Sohonie. Among people deceased in 2000, A. E. van Vogt ranks 57. Before him are Lolo Ferrari, Saburō Sakai, Đorđe Martinović incident, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, and Friedrich Gulda. After him are Frederick Herzberg, Herta Bothe, Jan Karski, Claude Sautet, Noboru Takeshita, and Keizō Obuchi.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, A. E. van Vogt ranks 85 out of 1,622. Before him are Geneviève Bujold (1942), Percy Williams (1908), Paul Watson (1950), David Easton (1917), Mylène Farmer (1961), and Mack Sennett (1880). After him are Charles Taylor (1931), Lester B. Pearson (1897), Julia (null), Conrad Bain (1923), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), and Pat Patterson (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, A. E. van Vogt ranks 5. Before him are Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874), Margaret Atwood (1939), Saul Bellow (1915), and Alice Munro (1931). After him are David Morrell (1943), Robin Sharma (1965), Brian Tracy (1944), Antonine Maillet (1929), Shulamith Firestone (1945), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), and Harold Russell (1914).

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