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Edmund White

1940 - 2025

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Edmund Valentine White III (January 13, 1940 – June 3, 2025) was an American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and essayist. A pioneering figure in LGBTQ and especially gay literature after the Stonewall riots, he wrote with rare candor about gay identity, relationships, and sex. His work emerged as part of an increasingly solidified and visible LGBTQ community, helping to reshape public narratives at a time when coming out was still a dangerous, even radical act. His writing, noted for intimate depth and literary elegance, includes the semi-autobiographical trilogy A Boy's Own Story (1982), The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988), and The Farewell Symphony (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund White is the 3,307th most popular writer (up from 5,670th in 2019), the 4,763rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,653rd in 2019) and the 375th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Edmund White ranks 3,307 out of 7,302. Before him are Leopoldo Lugones, Viktor Astafyev, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Driss Chraïbi, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, and Johannes von Tepl. After him are Johann Ernst Glück, Armand Salacrou, John Perkins, Philip Kerr, Petar Hektorović, and Isotta Nogarola.

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Among people born in 1940, Edmund White ranks 250. Before him are Count Ingolf of Rosenborg, Smokey Robinson, Ken Jenkins, Philippe Léotard, Roy Ayers, and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. After him are Nanni Galli, Győző Kulcsár, Peter Mutharika, Vladica Kovačević, Clive Sinclair, and Gigi Proietti. Among people deceased in 2025, Edmund White ranks 156. Before him are Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Pamela Bach, Claude Allègre, Xu Qiliang, Garth Hudson, and Roy Ayers. After him are Barbara Frischmuth, Sandra Harding, Jean Tiberi, Roy Thomas Baker, Braulio Musso, and Peter Jason.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmund White ranks 4,763 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Winslow (1958), James Denton (1963), Deborah Birx (1956), Tommy Thayer (1960), Chester Barnard (1886), and Dean Corll (1939). After him are Elizabeth Banks (1974), John Perkins (1945), Larry Evans (1932), Winnaretta Singer (1865), Eddie Tolan (1908), and Frank Waller (1884).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edmund White ranks 375. Before him are E. E. Smith (1890), Amy Lowell (1874), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Donna Tartt (1963), John Zerzan (1943), and Booker T. Washington (1856). After him are John Perkins (1945), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Horace McCoy (1897), Mike Mentzer (1951), James Rollins (1961), and R. J. Palacio (1963).

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