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H.D.

1886 - 1961

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Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-garde Imagist group of poets with American expatriate poet and critic Ezra Pound. During this early period, her minimalist free verse poems depicting Classical motifs drew international attention. Eventually distancing herself from the Imagist movement, she experimented with a wider variety of forms, including fiction, memoir, and verse drama. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. H.D. is the 3,496th most popular writer (down from 3,466th in 2024), the 5,026th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,430th in 2019) and the 391st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, H.D. ranks 3,496 out of 7,302. Before her are Lajos Bíró, Doppo Kunikida, Vladislav Vančura, Moses ibn Ezra, Zacharias Werner, and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch. After her are Alf Prøysen, Max Aub, Édouard Drumont, Tariq Ali, Subh-i-Azal, and Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz.

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Among people born in 1886, H.D. ranks 173. Before her are Aloïse Corbaz, Georges Vantongerloo, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Stanisław Leśniewski, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, and Peter Freuchen. After her are Barbara Karinska, Erich Salomon, Edward Lindberg, Chester Conklin, Rudolf Belling, and Catherine Desnitski. Among people deceased in 1961, H.D. ranks 99. Before her are Chico Marx, Maurice Tourneur, Louis Rwagasore, Max Weber, Cuno Amiet, and Andrzej Munk. After her are Walter Bedell Smith, Harriet Bosse, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Alexander Goldenweiser, Maneca, and Ralf Törngren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, H.D. ranks 5,026 out of 20,380. Before her are Burl Ives (1909), Jesse Eisenberg (1983), Charles Dvorak (1878), Gene Barry (1919), Antonin Scalia (1936), and Julie Benz (1972). After her are Lynn Cohen (1933), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Steve Jordan (1957), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Jake Paul (1997), and Randall Collins (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, H.D. ranks 391. Before her are Charlie Kaufman (1958), Maurice Sendak (1928), Lillian Hellman (1905), Wallace Stevens (1879), Gregory Corso (1930), and Lawrence Block (1938). After her are Susan Brownmiller (1935), Fanny Crosby (1820), Richard Yates (1926), Glen Cook (1944), Lois Lowry (1937), and Jonathan Littell (1967).

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