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Harold Bloom

1930 - 2019

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Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Bloom is the 2,130th most popular writer (up from 2,282nd in 2019), the 3,091st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,868th in 2019) and the 251st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Harold Bloom ranks 2,130 out of 7,302. Before him are Albert Memmi, Eugenio Barba, Albert Gleizes, Adnan Oktar, Lewis Mumford, and Anyte of Tegea. After him are Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Richard Aldington, Carl Zuckmayer, Cangrande I della Scala, and Inger Christensen.

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Among people born in 1930, Harold Bloom ranks 169. Before him are James Baker, Tom Wolfe, Oleg Popov, Franzl Lang, Manuel Marulanda, and Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo. After him are Marion Zimmer Bradley, Bo Widerberg, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Sergiu Nicolaescu, and Pyotr Bolotnikov. Among people deceased in 2019, Harold Bloom ranks 133. Before him are Patrick Sercu, Mike Troy, Dawda Jawara, Prosper Grech, Ken Kercheval, and Ken Matthews. After him are Tommy Smith, Judith Kerr, Harold Prince, Peter Lindbergh, Fernando J. Corbató, and Altair Gomes de Figueiredo.

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Among people born in United States, Harold Bloom ranks 3,091 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Fodor (1935), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Emmett Till (1941), Graham Allison (1940), Laurie Holden (1969), and Morton Feldman (1926). After him are Jack Nance (1943), Saul Bass (1920), John Roberts (1955), William C. Durant (1861), Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), and Cannonball Adderley (1928).

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Among writers born in United States, Harold Bloom ranks 251. Before him are Carl Sandburg (1878), Edmond Hamilton (1904), Kate Millett (1934), John W. Campbell (1910), William Steig (1907), and Lewis Mumford (1895). After him are Joan Didion (1934), John Kennedy Toole (1937), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), and Raymond E. Feist (1945).

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