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E. E. Cummings

1894 - 1962

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Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. During World War I, he worked as an ambulance driver and was imprisoned in an internment camp, which provided the basis for his novel The Enormous Room (1922). The following year he published his first collection of poetry, Tulips and Chimneys, which showed his early experiments with grammar and typography. He wrote four plays, the most successful of which were HIM (1927) and Santa Claus: A Morality (1946). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. E. Cummings is the 1,902nd most popular writer (down from 1,724th in 2019), the 2,787th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,160th in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, E. E. Cummings ranks 1,902 out of 7,302. Before him are Sulpicia, Branko Ćopić, Frederik Pohl, Anonymus, Jacint Verdaguer, and Cristóbal de Morales. After him are Juhani Aho, John Farey Sr., Renée Vivien, Robert Faurisson, Archestratus, and Victoria Ocampo.

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Among people born in 1894, E. E. Cummings ranks 77. Before him are Georges Gurvitch, Albert Leo Schlageter, José Carlos Mariátegui, Trygve Gulbranssen, Mei Lanfang, and T. V. Soong. After him are Erwin Schulhoff, Gerhard Schmidhuber, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Paul Lukas, Józef Beck, and Meher Baba. Among people deceased in 1962, E. E. Cummings ranks 65. Before him are Wilhelm Ackermann, Hans von Salmuth, Louis Raymond, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Trygve Gulbranssen, and Wilhelm Ohnesorge. After him are Poul Nielsen, Tod Browning, Erich von Tschermak, Henri Wallon, Antoine Pevsner, and Richard Aldington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. E. Cummings ranks 2,787 out of 20,380. Before him are Ella Grasso (1919), Jeb Bush (1953), Frederik Pohl (1919), Dan Inosanto (1936), James Levine (1943), and Benjamin Spock (1903). After him are Gordon Cooper (1927), Richard Bassett (1745), Nancy Roman (1925), Robert B. Wilson (1937), Brittany Murphy (1977), and Tito Jackson (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, E. E. Cummings ranks 226. Before him are John Green (1977), Richard Ford (1944), Siri Hustvedt (1955), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Shirley Jackson (1916), and Frederik Pohl (1919). After him are John Barth (1930), Nelson Algren (1909), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Maria Shriver (1955), Agnes Smedley (1892), and Clark Ashton Smith (1893).

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