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James M. Cain

1892 - 1977

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James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. His novels The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936), Serenade (1937), Mildred Pierce (1941) and The Butterfly (1947) brought him critical acclaim and an immense popular readership in America and abroad. Though Cain never delivered a successful Hollywood screenplay, several of his novels were made into highly regarded films, among them Double Indemnity (1944), Mildred Pierce (1945) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James M. Cain is the 2,455th most popular writer (down from 2,088th in 2019), the 3,525th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,628th in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, James M. Cain ranks 2,455 out of 7,302. Before him are Israel Zolli, Lytton Strachey, Samael Aun Weor, Maria Skobtsova, Pavel Kohout, and Tang Xianzu. After him are Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, William Auld, Alex Haley, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Apollonius Dyscolus, and Dares Phrygius.

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Among people born in 1892, James M. Cain ranks 118. Before him are William Powell, Alice Ball, Helmuth Plessner, Harry Dexter White, Stanisław Maczek, and Djuna Barnes. After him are Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Adolf Ziegler, Eugen Meindl, Rebecca West, Corrie ten Boom, and Paul Douglas. Among people deceased in 1977, James M. Cain ranks 96. Before him are Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Luigi Bertolini, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, and Samael Aun Weor. After him are Pierre Clastres, Miloš Crnjanski, Ba Maw, Pan Yuliang, Ronnie Van Zant, and Marie-Thérèse Walter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James M. Cain ranks 3,525 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Blum (1960), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Ace Frehley (1951), Dolores Costello (1903), Fred Kelly (1891), and Estelle Getty (1923). After him are Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), Carla Bley (1936), Lisa Edelstein (1966), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Stephen Paddock (1953), and Alex Haley (1921).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James M. Cain ranks 280. Before him are Annie Proulx (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), Dorothy Parker (1893), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), and Fritz Leiber (1910). After him are Alex Haley (1921), Ron Kovic (1946), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Eben Alexander (1953), and Kate Chopin (1850).

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