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Conrad Aiken

1889 - 1973

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Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short stories, novels, literary criticism, a play, and an autobiography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Aiken is the 5,932nd most popular writer (down from 4,172nd in 2024), the 10,010th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,505th in 2019) and the 728th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Conrad Aiken ranks 5,932 out of 7,302. Before him are Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, Fredrik Backman, David S. Goyer, Zoltán Ambrus, and Kristina Brenk. After him are Ismat Chughtai, Paulina Chiziane, Sarah Waters, Archibald MacLeish, Michael Drayton, and Marc Connelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Conrad Aiken ranks 272. Before him are Charles Darrow, Wesley Ruggles, Joseph Ruttenberg, Alexander Patch, Paul Nash, and Nikolai Aseev. After him are Giovanni Micheletto, Minta Durfee, Irene Steer, Leslie Boardman, Harry Clarke, and Jan Kok. Among people deceased in 1973, Conrad Aiken ranks 257. Before him are Gustav Freij, Mário de Noronha, Steve Seymour, Alla Tarasova, Armando Segato, and Nasif Estéfano. After him are Folke Rogard, Aleksandr Ponomarev, Yulia Ryabchinskaya, Balraj Sahni, Steven Geray, and C. H. Dodd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conrad Aiken ranks 10,012 out of 20,380. Before him are The Fabulous Moolah (1923), David Raksin (1912), Edgar Kennedy (1890), David S. Goyer (1965), Laura Poitras (1964), and Brian Grazer (1951). After him are Harry Warren (1893), Ben Feldman (1980), Richard Rush (1929), Charlotte Mineau (1886), Carol Yager (1960), and Rick Ross (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Conrad Aiken ranks 728. Before him are Julie Garwood (1946), Winston Churchill (1871), Susan Glaspell (1876), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Whittaker Chambers (1901), and David S. Goyer (1965). After him are Archibald MacLeish (1892), Marc Connelly (1890), Theodore Roethke (1908), Bill Bright (1921), Naomi Wolf (1962), and Judy Blume (1938).

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