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Erskine Caldwell

1903 - 1987

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Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933), won him critical acclaim. With cumulative sales of 10 million and 14 million copies, respectively, Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre rank as two of the best-selling American novels, all-time, with the former being adapted into a 1933 play that set a Broadway record for consecutive performances, since surpassed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erskine Caldwell is the 1,388th most popular writer (down from 1,269th in 2019), the 2,009th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,495th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Erskine Caldwell ranks 1,388 out of 7,302. Before him are Arsen Kotsoyev, Jaan Kross, James Patterson, Robert Browning, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, and Péter Nádas. After him are Clive Cussler, Béla Balázs, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Adamantios Korais, Wace, and Semonides of Amorgos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Erskine Caldwell ranks 78. Before him are Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Misao Tamai, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Johannes Heesters, Waldemar Hoven, and Werner Best. After him are Charles W. Morris, Evelyn Waugh, Sadegh Hedayat, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Lou Gehrig, and Mikhail Kalatozov. Among people deceased in 1987, Erskine Caldwell ranks 40. Before him are Didier Pironi, André Masson, Jacqueline du Pré, Peter Tosh, Yasuo Haruyama, and Jaco Pastorius. After him are James Baldwin, Gretl Braun, Yakov Zeldovich, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, and Américo Tomás.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erskine Caldwell ranks 2,009 out of 20,380. Before him are River Phoenix (1970), Janet Gaynor (1906), Scott Hall (1958), James Patterson (1947), XXXTentacion (1998), and Alan Greenspan (1926). After him are Clive Cussler (1931), Scott Wilson (1942), Percy Spencer (1894), Henry Hathaway (1898), Gillian Anderson (1968), and Roman Reigns (1985).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Erskine Caldwell ranks 161. Before him are Nora Roberts (1950), Martha Gellhorn (1908), Fredric Brown (1906), Norman Mailer (1923), Harry Harrison (1925), and James Patterson (1947). After him are Clive Cussler (1931), James Baldwin (1924), William Styron (1925), Poul Anderson (1926), Alice Walker (1944), and J. Michael Straczynski (1954).

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