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Daniel Keyes

1927 - 2014

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Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Keyes is the 940th most popular writer (down from 807th in 2019), the 1,309th most popular biography from United States (down from 906th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Writer.

Daniel Keyes is most famous for writing the book, Flowers for Algernon.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daniel Keyes ranks 940 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Neruda, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, David Irving, Stefan George, Ján Kollár, and Julien Green. After him are Al-Mutanabbi, Zelda Fitzgerald, Jules Renard, Philostratus, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Emma Orczy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Daniel Keyes ranks 57. Before him are George O. Abell, Alan MacDiarmid, Romano Mussolini, Stan Getz, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and John Vane. After him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Marvin Minsky, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Carlo Maria Martini, Pat Carroll, and Leszek Kołakowski. Among people deceased in 2014, Daniel Keyes ranks 47. Before him are Tito Vilanova, William R. Pogue, Mickey Rooney, Dobrica Ćosić, Luise Rainer, and Karlheinz Böhm. After him are Kim Song-ae, Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Ultimate Warrior, Yozo Aoki, James Garner, and Ken Takakura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Keyes ranks 1,309 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Siegel (1912), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jonas Salk (1914), Steve Martin (1945), Robert A. Taft (1889), and Jeffrey Wright (1965). After him are Dick Clark (1929), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Halle Berry (1966), Lance Henriksen (1940), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Meg Ryan (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Daniel Keyes ranks 101. Before him are Robert E. Howard (1906), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Ida Tarbell (1857), Joseph Campbell (1904), and John Jacob Astor IV (1864). After him are Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Virginia Satir (1916), Horatio Alger (1832), John Updike (1932), John Fante (1909), and Cormac McCarthy (1933).

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