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Barbara Kingsolver

1955 - Today

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Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Kingsolver is the 5,853rd most popular writer (up from 6,420th in 2019), the 9,799th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,918th in 2019) and the 717th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 5,853 out of 7,302. Before her are Leo Buscaglia, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Monica Lovinescu, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Kenneth Rexroth, and Ferreira Gullar. After her are Vladislav Krapivin, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Ferenc Móra, Mark Haddon, and John Keel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 432. Before her are Mohamed Brahmi, Edmund Ho, Topper Headon, Udit Narayan, Erick Mombaerts, and Vijay Mallya. After her are Alan Hansen, Patrick Achi, Ole von Beust, Michael Steele, Matthias Herget, and Butch Vig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 9,801 out of 20,380. Before her are Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Glenn Morshower (1959), Buck Angel (1962), Audrey Landers (1956), R. C. Sproul (1939), and Mr. Marcus (1970). After her are Charles Reisner (1887), Steven Brill (1962), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Yasmine Bleeth (1968), and Paul Kurtz (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Barbara Kingsolver ranks 717. Before her are Richard Scarry (1919), Helen Prejean (1939), Zitkala-Sa (1876), Ann Rule (1931), Leo Buscaglia (1924), and Kenneth Rexroth (1905). After her are John Keel (1930), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), Julie Garwood (1946), Winston Churchill (1871), and Susan Glaspell (1876).

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