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Alexei Panshin

1940 - 2022

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Alexei Panshin (August 14, 1940 – August 21, 2022) was an American writer and science fiction critic. He wrote several critical works and several novels, including the 1968 Nebula Award–winning novel Rite of Passage and, with his wife Cory Panshin, the 1990 Hugo Award–winning study of science fiction The World Beyond the Hill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexei Panshin is the 5,713th most popular writer (up from 6,280th in 2024), the 9,359th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,140th in 2019) and the 687th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Alexei Panshin ranks 5,713 out of 7,302. Before him are Miklós Jósika, Gwendolyn Brooks, H. A. Rey, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lloyd C. Douglas, and Niccolò Ammaniti. After him are Memnon of Heraclea, Jan Lechoń, Melih Cevdet Anday, Paul Mattick, Charles Le Goffic, and Alain Decaux.

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Among people born in 1940, Alexei Panshin ranks 489. Before him are David Peoples, Nicolae Martinescu, Yvonne Blake, Steve Swallow, James Gammon, and Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa. After him are Jack Thompson, K. J. Yesudas, Thomas Köhler, Chuck Mangione, Niilo Halonen, and Erik Hartsuiker. Among people deceased in 2022, Alexei Panshin ranks 501. Before him are Margot Eskens, Clu Gulager, Yuri Shatunov, Ezekiel Alebua, Bahaa Taher, and Wolfgang Fahrian. After him are Manuel Muñoz, Norah Vincent, Douglas Trumbull, Philip Waruinge, Raffaele La Capria, and Shivkumar Sharma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexei Panshin ranks 9,359 out of 20,380. Before him are George J. Mitchell (1933), Ricky Schroder (1970), Roy A. Tucker (1951), and Daniel Akaka (1924). After him are Shailene Woodley (1991), Amy Steel (1960), Daphne Zuniga (1962), John William Casilear (1811), Steve Railsback (1945), Judith Barsi (1978), Paul Bearer (1954), and Robert Pastorelli (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alexei Panshin ranks 687. Before him are T. C. Boyle (1948), Amiri Baraka (1934), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Christopher Paolini (1983), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), and Lloyd C. Douglas (1877). After him are Bill O'Reilly (1949), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Norah Vincent (1968), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Michael Parenti (1933), and Robert E. Sherwood (1896).

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