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Archibald MacLeish

1892 - 1982

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Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University. He enlisted in and saw action during the First World War and lived in Paris in the 1920s. On returning to the United States, he contributed to Henry Luce's magazine Fortune from 1929 to 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Archibald MacLeish is the 5,936th most popular writer (down from 5,867th in 2024), the 10,023rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,265th in 2019) and the 729th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Archibald MacLeish ranks 5,936 out of 7,302. Before him are Zoltán Ambrus, Kristina Brenk, Conrad Aiken, Ismat Chughtai, Paulina Chiziane, and Sarah Waters. After him are Michael Drayton, Marc Connelly, Giorgio Faletti, Theodore Roethke, Jacques de Lacretelle, and Raúl Rivero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Archibald MacLeish ranks 279. Before him are Ezio Pinza, Elizabeth Ryan, Victor Fontan, Johnny Dodds, Franciszek Szymczyk, and Claire Windsor. After him are Liesl Karlstadt, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Charles Brackett, Frithjof Sælen, Ross Cuthbert, and Stuart Davis. Among people deceased in 1982, Archibald MacLeish ranks 280. Before him are Victor Fontan, Marty Robbins, Charles Walters, Raúl Fernández, Kenneth Rexroth, and Cathleen Nesbitt. After him are Humphrey Searle, Virginia Fox, Willi Multhaup, James Broderick, Sue Carol, and Yury Kazakov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Archibald MacLeish ranks 10,025 out of 20,380. Before him are Steven R. Nagel (1946), Joe Lovano (1952), Arnold Denker (1914), Estelle Reiner (1914), Maxfield Parrish (1870), and George Caleb Bingham (1811). After him are Johnny Mandel (1925), Gilbert Strang (1934), Pamela Bellwood (1951), Guru (1961), Keegan-Michael Key (1971), and Eleanor Boardman (1898).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Archibald MacLeish ranks 729. Before him are Winston Churchill (1871), Susan Glaspell (1876), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Whittaker Chambers (1901), David S. Goyer (1965), and Conrad Aiken (1889). After him are Marc Connelly (1890), Theodore Roethke (1908), Bill Bright (1921), Naomi Wolf (1962), Judy Blume (1938), and Phil Donahue (1935).

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