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Jack Vance

1916 - 2013

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John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. He also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen. Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984, and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 15th Grand Master in 1997, and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Vance is the 1,739th most popular writer (down from 702nd in 2019), the 2,541st most popular biography from United States (down from 766th in 2019) and the 204th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jack Vance ranks 1,739 out of 7,302. Before him are Caterina Albert, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Johnston McCulley, Marcellinus Comes, and Arne Garborg. After him are Yosano Akiko, Xu Shen, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Josep Pla, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Fernando Arrabal.

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Among people born in 1916, Jack Vance ranks 77. Before him are Hamani Diori, Bernard Blier, Richard Fleischer, Giorgio Bassani, Sterling Hayden, and Luigi Comencini. After him are Julio César Turbay Ayala, Pierre Messmer, Pietro Rava, Stjepan Filipović, Archie Moore, and Archduke Felix of Austria. Among people deceased in 2013, Jack Vance ranks 98. Before him are Otto Sander, José Froilán González, Zillur Rahman, Arthur Danto, Taihō Kōki, and Eleanor Parker. After him are Clive Burr, Dominique Venner, Pedro Rocha, Otfried Preußler, Joe Weider, and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Vance ranks 2,541 out of 20,380. Before him are Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Eric Carr (1950), Melvyn Douglas (1901), James Remar (1953), Lucian Pulvermacher (1918), and Rosanna Arquette (1959). After him are Tex Avery (1908), Leif Erickson (1911), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), Charles Mingus (1922), Laura Linney (1964), and Margaret Keane (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack Vance ranks 204. Before him are Edward Albee (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), John Gray (1951), Anne Sexton (1928), Patricia Cornwell (1956), and Johnston McCulley (1883). After him are Rick Riordan (1964), Bob Woodward (1943), Nora Ephron (1941), R. L. Stine (1943), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), and Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947).

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