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Herman J. Mankiewicz

1897 - 1953

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Herman Jacob Mankiewicz ( MANG-kə-wits; November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953) was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Mankiewicz was previously a Berlin correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily, assistant theater editor at The New York Times, and the first regular drama critic at The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herman J. Mankiewicz is the 3,207th most popular writer (down from 2,896th in 2019), the 4,639th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,657th in 2019) and the 368th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Herman J. Mankiewicz ranks 3,207 out of 7,302. Before him are Macropedius, Jan Luyken, Maria Wirtemberska, António Ferreira, Ama Ata Aidoo, and Galaktion Tabidze. After him are Ybyrai Altynsarin, Lady Caroline Lamb, Ivo Brešan, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Jackie Collins, and Goffredo Mameli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Herman J. Mankiewicz ranks 161. Before him are Richard Hildebrandt, Ernst-Günther Baade, Lampião, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Adolfo Baloncieri, and Friedrich Schulz. After him are Erwin von Lahousen, Natacha Rambova, Gunta Stölzl, Camillo Berneri, Walter Pidgeon, and Horace McCoy. Among people deceased in 1953, Herman J. Mankiewicz ranks 95. Before him are Friedrich Wolf, Uroš Predić, Sophia Hayden, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Kyuichi Tokuda, and Jan Czochralski. After him are Dámaso Berenguer, Jim Thorpe, Titta Ruffo, Felice Bonetto, Charles de Tornaco, and Tamar Abakelia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herman J. Mankiewicz ranks 4,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Caspar Weinberger (1917), Herb Alpert (1935), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Pink Anderson (1900), Christina Ricci (1980), and William J. Brennan Jr. (1906). After him are Penny Marshall (1943), Mitchell Ryan (1928), James Nachtwey (1948), Mayim Bialik (1975), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), and Paul Adelstein (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Herman J. Mankiewicz ranks 368. Before him are Robert Ressler (1937), Edward Gorey (1925), Andre Norton (1912), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Robert Anderson (1917), and Henry Darger (1892). After him are E. E. Smith (1890), Amy Lowell (1874), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Donna Tartt (1963), John Zerzan (1943), and Booker T. Washington (1856).

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