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Charles Olson

1910 - 1970

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Charles John Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was a second generation modernist American poet who was a link between earlier modernist figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the third generation modernist New American poets. The latter includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, and some of the artists and poets associated with the Beat generation and the San Francisco Renaissance. Today, Olson remains a central figure of the Black Mountain Poetry school and is generally considered a key figure in moving American poetry from modernism to postmodernism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Charles Olson is the 6,382nd most popular writer (down from 6,160th in 2024), the 11,865th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,480th in 2019) and the 859th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Charles Olson ranks 6,382 out of 7,302. Before him are Olivier Weber, Susan Bassnett, Alexey Dreev, Malcolm Bradbury, Elizabeth Carter, and Zakhar Prilepin. After him are S. E. Hinton, H. R. F. Keating, R. C. Sherriff, Lorraine Hansberry, David McCullough, and Beverly Cleary.

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Among people born in 1910, Charles Olson ranks 388. Before him are Vasile Chiroiu, Mae Clarke, Vere Bird, Margaret Lindsay, William D'Amico, and Francis Johnson. After him are John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Ferenc Erdei, Jimmy Murphy, Toon Oprinsen, Al Harker, and F. F. Bruce. Among people deceased in 1970, Charles Olson ranks 254. Before him are Laura Knight, Keen Johnson, Don Finlay, Richard Hofstadter, Maurice Stokes, and Chester Morris. After him are Richard Cushing, Earl Hooker, Marjorie Rambeau, Louis Fischer, Lillian Board, and William Beaudine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Olson ranks 11,867 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Gilbert (1967), Stanley Jordan (1959), Keiko Agena (1973), Andrew Young (1932), Nia Long (1970), and Justin Baldoni (1984). After him are Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), S. E. Hinton (1948), Tyler Hoechlin (1987), Diana Serra Cary (1918), Rodger Bumpass (1951), and Phil Silvers (1911).

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Among writers born in United States, Charles Olson ranks 859. Before him are Helen Gurley Brown (1922), Gregory Maguire (1954), Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), Martha Wells (1964), Tristan Taormino (1971), and Richard Price (1949). After him are S. E. Hinton (1948), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), David McCullough (1933), Beverly Cleary (1916), Damon Runyon (1880), and Leslie Feinberg (1949).

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