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Damon Knight

1922 - 2002

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Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of "To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for The Twilight Zone. He was married to fellow writer Kate Wilhelm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Damon Knight is the 5,230th most popular writer (down from 4,735th in 2024), the 8,094th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,432nd in 2019) and the 604th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Damon Knight ranks 5,230 out of 7,302. Before him are Jenny Erpenbeck, Wacław Potocki, Charlotte Casiraghi, F. Sionil José, Nestor Kukolnik, and José María de Pereda. After him are Gilbert Adair, Yambo Ouologuem, Marie Noël, Frank Heller, Yann Martel, and Abbas Sahhat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Damon Knight ranks 332. Before him are Umberto Betti, Sydney Lassick, Stoyanka Mutafova, Rory Calhoun, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, and Blaga Aleksova. After him are Bhimsen Joshi, Irina Antonova, John Eisenhower, Roscoe Lee Browne, Elsa Joubert, and Kathryn Grayson. Among people deceased in 2002, Damon Knight ranks 252. Before him are Kevin Smith, Jack Kruschen, Erna Bogen-Bogáti, Regīna Ezera, Sándor Mátrai, and Pasieguito. After him are Dee Brown, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Carmelo Bene, Yuji Hyakutake, Vernon A. Walters, and John R. Pierce.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 8,096 out of 20,380. Before him are Roy Cochran (1919), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Bernard Edwards (1952), Patricia Heaton (1958), Frankie Manning (1914), and Travis Barker (1975). After him are Virgil Jacomini (1899), Charles Hallahan (1943), Charles Homer Haskins (1870), Chet Miller (1902), Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956), and Allen Garfield (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 604. Before him are Charlaine Harris (1951), Tabitha King (1949), Helene Hanff (1916), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), and Chester Himes (1909). After him are John Antoine Nau (1860), Zig Ziglar (1926), Dee Brown (1908), Richard Russo (1949), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), and Jack Canfield (1944).

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