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James Oliver Curwood

1878 - 1927

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James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid (per word) author in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Oliver Curwood is the 1,678th most popular writer (down from 1,465th in 2019), the 2,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,789th in 2019) and the 196th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, James Oliver Curwood ranks 1,678 out of 7,302. Before him are Arnaldur Indriðason, Marcel Achard, Thoinot Arbeau, Notker the Stammerer, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, and Dean Koontz. After him are Akiyuki Nosaka, Vita Sackville-West, Varro Atacinus, Lina Kostenko, Ahmed Shawqi, and Gil Vicente.

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Among people born in 1878, James Oliver Curwood ranks 61. Before him are Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Mahmud Barzanji, Richard Sheldon, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Eino Leino, and Paul Troost. After him are Angelica Balabanoff, Louis Camille Maillard, Herbert Chapman, Yosano Akiko, Paul Pelliot, and Upton Sinclair. Among people deceased in 1927, James Oliver Curwood ranks 38. Before him are Vladimir Bekhterev, Jānis Čakste, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Shote Galica, Boris Kustodiev, and Sisowath of Cambodia. After him are Sergey Sazonov, Vilhelm Thomsen, Hugo Schuchardt, Jovan Cvijić, Fritz Hofmann, and Victorine Meurent.

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Among people born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 2,460 out of 20,380. Before him are Marg Helgenberger (1958), Stephen Smale (1930), Robert C. Merton (1944), Dean Koontz (1945), Richard Sennett (1943), and Roger Y. Tsien (1952). After him are George Roy Hill (1921), Bonnie Bedelia (1948), Dan Quayle (1947), Richard Fleischer (1916), Felicity Huffman (1962), and George Phillips Bond (1825).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 196. Before him are Robert Silverberg (1935), Elizabeth George (1949), Robert Wilson (1941), E. Howard Hunt (1918), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), and Dean Koontz (1945). After him are Michael Cunningham (1952), Edward Albee (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), John Gray (1951), Anne Sexton (1928), and Patricia Cornwell (1956).

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