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Harlan Ellison

1934 - 2018

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Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic-book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", considered by some to be the single greatest episode of the Star Trek franchise (he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original teleplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle (which was made into a film), and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" (later adapted by Ellison into a video game) and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". He was also editor and anthologist for Dangerous Visions (1967) and Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harlan Ellison is the 2,225th most popular writer (up from 2,682nd in 2019), the 3,222nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,392nd in 2019) and the 260th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Harlan Ellison ranks 2,225 out of 7,302. Before him are Matthieu Ricard, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Oribasius, Telesilla, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, and Sergei Dovlatov. After him are Jorge Manrique, Arkady Gaidar, Rahel Varnhagen, Frédéric Ozanam, Joseph Kessel, and Suzanne Collins.

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Among people born in 1934, Harlan Ellison ranks 150. Before him are Joan Didion, Mohamed Ennaceur, Bill Cobbs, Lucien Bianchi, Tatiana Samoilova, and George Chakiris. After him are Allen Carr, Claude Berri, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Sergio Balanzino, Henri Konan Bédié, and Viktor Gorbatko. Among people deceased in 2018, Harlan Ellison ranks 129. Before him are Tom Wolfe, Maria Bueno, Adem Demaçi, Azeglio Vicini, Vitaliy Masol, and Thorvald Stoltenberg. After him are Uri Avnery, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Sergio Balanzino, Rachid Taha, Al Matthews, and Soon-Tek Oh.

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Among people born in United States, Harlan Ellison ranks 3,222 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Kruger (1945), Bill Viola (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Russ Meyer (1922), Joan Bennett (1910), and Billy Preston (1946). After him are Karen Black (1939), Joe Rantz (1914), Sally Ride (1951), Keith Carradine (1949), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), and Suzanne Collins (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Harlan Ellison ranks 260. Before him are Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Anne Applebaum (1964), and Katherine Jackson (1930). After him are Suzanne Collins (1962), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), Winston Groom (1943), Alfred Bester (1913), Kathy Reichs (1948), and Richard Brautigan (1935).

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