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Elmer Rice

1892 - 1967

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Elmer Rice (born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein, September 28, 1892 – May 8, 1967) was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene (1929). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer Rice is the 5,413th most popular writer (down from 3,924th in 2019), the 8,489th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,099th in 2019) and the 627th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Elmer Rice ranks 5,413 out of 7,302. Before him are Margery Kempe, Eugénio de Andrade, Anton Donchev, Virgilio Piñera, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, and Sida Košutić. After him are Mark Strand, James Cooke Brown, John Greenleaf Whittier, Thomas Mofolo, Iryna Vilde, and Brigitte Reimann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Elmer Rice ranks 258. Before him are Georg Brustad, Mahadev Desai, Hilding Rosenberg, Maturino Blanchet, Per Bertilsson, and Vincenzo Cuccia. After him are João Sassetti, Zośka Vieras, Hans Rademacher, Mariano Arrate, Rex Ingram, and Robert Ellis. Among people deceased in 1967, Elmer Rice ranks 230. Before him are Paul Castanet, Stanley Morison, Octacílio, Sergey Gorodetsky, Joseph Perotaux, and Herman Teirlinck. After him are Harald Julin, Georges Vanier, Maximos IV Sayegh, Johan Falkberget, Billy Strayhorn, and Pinto Colvig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmer Rice ranks 8,491 out of 20,380. Before him are Jaron Lanier (1960), Alison Eastwood (1972), M. King Hubbert (1903), Neville Brand (1920), Kathryn Hahn (1974), and James Franciscus (1934). After him are Masten Gregory (1932), Reggie Jackson (1946), Ed Royce (1951), Dana Plato (1964), Jane Wyatt (1910), and Joanne Chory (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elmer Rice ranks 627. Before him are Timothy Zahn (1951), James Lee Burke (1936), Robin Morgan (1941), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), Frank O'Hara (1926), and Katherine Neville (1945). After him are John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), Eve Ensler (1953), John Holt (1923), Robert Coover (1932), Fran Lebowitz (1950), and Chaim Potok (1929).

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