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Edward Gorey

1925 - 2000

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Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Gorey is the 3,148th most popular writer (down from 3,145th in 2019), the 4,562nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,980th in 2019) and the 363rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Edward Gorey ranks 3,148 out of 7,302. Before him are Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Walter Hasenclever, Béla Király, Rahul Sankrityayan, Olaudah Equiano, and Juan Fernández de Heredia. After him are Eduard Vilde, D. R. Bendre, Dámaso Alonso, Itzhak Katzenelson, Ahmad Javad, and William Congreve.

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Among people born in 1925, Edward Gorey ranks 218. Before him are Elmore Leonard, Italo De Zan, Gazi Yaşargil, Elisabeth Domitien, Evelyn Berezin, and Lenny Bruce. After him are Bobbejaan Schoepen, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Czesław Kiszczak, Cathy Berberian, Robert Jonquet, and José Freire Falcão. Among people deceased in 2000, Edward Gorey ranks 136. Before him are Spyros Markezinis, Adelaida Avagyan, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Abdul Haris Nasution, Alfred Schwarzmann, and Ursula Kuczynski. After him are Ferenc Farkas, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Anton Heida, Karen Hoff, Johannes Virolainen, and René Favaloro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Gorey ranks 4,562 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Hillman (1881), Dick Button (1929), Kelly Johnson (1910), George Crumb (1929), Clarence Clemons (1942), and Frederick Jackson Turner (1861). After him are Josephine Hull (1877), Elihu Yale (1649), Hyman Minsky (1919), Erin Brockovich (1960), AJ McLean (1978), and Allen Woodring (1898).

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