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Emily Dickinson

1830 - 1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's home in Amherst. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emily Dickinson is the 41st most popular writer (up from 290th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from United States (up from 251st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Writer.

Emily Dickinson is most famous for her poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Emily Dickinson ranks 41 out of 7,302. Before her are Khalil Gibran, Anne Frank, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Matsuo Bashō, and Hermann Hesse. After her are Ernest Hemingway, Horace, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alexander Pushkin, Simone de Beauvoir, and Friedrich Schiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Emily Dickinson ranks 2. Before her is Franz Joseph I of Austria. After her are Camille Pissarro, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Frédéric Mistral, Abdülaziz, Paul Heyse, Isabella II of Spain, Frederic Leighton, Porfirio Díaz, Hector Malot, and Isma'il Pasha. Among people deceased in 1886, Emily Dickinson ranks 1. After her are Franz Liszt, Ramakrishna, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Leopold von Ranke, Chester A. Arthur, John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Asher Brown Durand, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Ilya Ulyanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Emily Dickinson ranks 42 out of 20,380. Before her are John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928), Cher (1946), Madonna (1958), Pocahontas (1595), Martin Scorsese (1942), and Joseph Smith (1805). After her are Michael Jackson (1958), Ernest Hemingway (1899), Al Gore (1948), George W. Bush (1946), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), and Walt Disney (1901).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Emily Dickinson ranks 3. Before her are Edgar Allan Poe (1809), and T. S. Eliot (1888). After her are Ernest Hemingway (1899), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Mark Twain (1835), Robert Frost (1874), Toni Morrison (1931), George R. R. Martin (1948), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Louisa May Alcott (1832), and Ursula K. Le Guin (1929).

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