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Grace Paley

1922 - 2007

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Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 – August 22, 2007), née Goodside, was an American short story author, poet, teacher, and political activist. Paley wrote three critically acclaimed collections of short stories, which were compiled in the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Collected Stories in 1994. Her stories home in on the everyday conflicts and heartbreaks of city life, heavily informed by her childhood in the Bronx. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grace Paley is the 5,662nd most popular writer (down from 5,547th in 2019), the 9,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,306th in 2019) and the 673rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Grace Paley ranks 5,662 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles Montagu Doughty, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Walter de la Mare, Kazimierz Brandys, Adolf Bartels, and Miron Białoszewski. After her are Scott O'Dell, Mariz Kemal, Avram Davidson, Layamon, Louise Erdrich, and Casimiro de Abreu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Grace Paley ranks 369. Before her are Yao Lee, Herbert Schade, John Braine, Valentine Telegdi, Fyvush Finkel, and Miron Białoszewski. After her are Kuno Klötzer, Ray Anthony, Don Patinkin, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Rosendo Hernández, and Regina Resnik. Among people deceased in 2007, Grace Paley ranks 337. Before her are Bruce Bennett, Hansjörg Felmy, Noël Milarew Odingar, Bam Bam Bigelow, Krystyna Feldman, and Seymour Benzer. After her are Charles Grimes, Maria Kwaśniewska, Teoctist Arăpașu, R. B. Kitaj, Tammy Faye Messner, and Madeleine L'Engle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grace Paley ranks 9,205 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Evans Schultes (1915), Shari Headley (1964), Seymour Benzer (1921), Julieta Venegas (1970), Wovoka (1856), and Leo Burnett (1891). After her are James J. Jeffries (1875), Charles Grimes (1935), Dell Hymes (1927), Scott O'Dell (1898), J. B. Lenoir (1929), and Avram Davidson (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Grace Paley ranks 673. Before her are Ring Lardner (1885), Ted Chiang (1967), Tony Kushner (1956), Diane di Prima (1934), David Peoples (1940), and Kate Wilhelm (1928). After her are Scott O'Dell (1898), Avram Davidson (1923), Louise Erdrich (1954), Daniel Quinn (1935), Mary L. Trump (1965), and Booth Tarkington (1869).

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