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Clark Ashton Smith

1893 - 1961

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Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an influential American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories and poetry, and an artist. He achieved early recognition in California (largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling) for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics alongside Joaquin Miller, Sterling, and Nora May French and remembered as "The Last of the Great Romantics" and "The Bard of Auburn". Smith's work was praised by his contemporaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clark Ashton Smith is the 1,966th most popular writer (down from 1,909th in 2019), the 2,888th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,415th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Clark Ashton Smith ranks 1,966 out of 7,302Before him are Thomas Kyd, Theophylact of Ohrid, Basil Valentine, James Herriot, Agnes Smedley, and Marin Držić. After him are Nicholas Sparks, Methodius of Olympus, Alejandra Pizarnik, Avitus of Vienne, William Moulton Marston, and Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Clark Ashton Smith ranks 93Before him are Jean Absil, Merian C. Cooper, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Gaston Julia, Nestor Lakoba, and Dorothy L. Sayers. After him are William Moulton Marston, Mina Witkojc, Alfréd Schaffer, Gillis Grafström, Alois Hába, and Oscar Torp. Among people deceased in 1961, Clark Ashton Smith ranks 46Before him are Eero Saarinen, Hubert Van Innis, Mei Lanfang, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Milan Stojadinović, and Princess Isabelle of Orléans. After him are Domenico Tardini, Shigeko Higashikuni, Gustav Ucicky, Henri Breuil, Anna May Wong, and Thomas Beecham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clark Ashton Smith ranks 2,888 out of 20,380Before him are Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Frances Arnold (1956), Steve Russell (1937), Louis E. Brus (1943), Don Henley (1947), and Agnes Smedley (1892). After him are Nicholas Sparks (1965), Brad Davis (1949), Adam Goldberg (1970), William Moulton Marston (1893), Jimmy Ellis (1940), and Henry George (1839).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Clark Ashton Smith ranks 232Before him are E. E. Cummings (1894), John Barth (1930), Nelson Algren (1909), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Maria Shriver (1955), and Agnes Smedley (1892). After him are Nicholas Sparks (1965), William Moulton Marston (1893), Virginia Henderson (1897), Frances Harper (1825), Walter Tevis (1928), and Langston Hughes (1902).