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Edwin O'Connor

1918 - 1968

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Edwin Greene O'Connor (July 29, 1918 – March 23, 1968) was an American journalist, novelist, and radio commentator. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for his novel The Edge of Sadness (1961). His ancestry was Irish, and his novels concerned the Irish-American experience and often dealt with the lives of politicians and priests. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin O'Connor is the 6,976th most popular writer (up from 7,009th in 2024), the 15,293rd most popular biography from United States (up from 15,693rd in 2019) and the 1,080th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Edwin O'Connor ranks 6,976 out of 7,302. Before him are Mabel Strickland, Elizabeth Kostova, Ilija Trojanow, Charley Boorman, Guillermo Martínez, and Alice Dunbar Nelson. After him are Amarna Miller, Avijit Roy, Alfred Gough, Ann Leckie, Elizabeth David, and Louisa Lawson.

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Among people born in 1918, Edwin O'Connor ranks 341. Before him are Wilf Mannion, Fred Wacker, Nan Grey, Bobby Troup, Marjorie Lord, and Henry M. Morris. After him are Jane Bryan, Allen Drury, Griffin Bell, Nipsey Russell, Claiborne Pell, and Denis Compton. Among people deceased in 1968, Edwin O'Connor ranks 271. Before him are Eleonora Sears, Sally O'Neil, Bea Benaderet, Walter Nash, Conrad Richter, and Gerald Mohr. After him is Lee Tracy.

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edwin O'Connor ranks 1,079. Before him are Deborah Feldman (1986), Robert Pinsky (1940), Peter V. Brett (1973), Elizabeth Kostova (1964), and Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875). After him are Alfred Gough (1967), Ann Leckie (1966), David Sedaris (1956), Sidney Lanier (1842), Kage Baker (1952), Carl Hiaasen (1953), and Edward P. Jones (1950).

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