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James Salter

1925 - 2015

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James Arnold Horowitz (June 10, 1925 – June 19, 2015), better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters. After a brief career in film writing and film directing, in 1979 Salter published the novel Solo Faces. He won numerous literary awards for his works, including belated recognition of works originally criticized at the time of their publication. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Salter is the 4,424th most popular writer (up from 4,750th in 2019), the 6,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,475th in 2019) and the 496th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, James Salter ranks 4,424 out of 7,302. Before him are Uma Aaltonen, Anita Brookner, Ágnes Gergely, Diane Ackerman, Virginie Despentes, and Balamani Amma. After him are Connie Willis, Kim Myeong-sun, Lajos Kassák, Richard Steele, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, and Łukasz Górnicki.

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Among people born in 1925, James Salter ranks 309. Before him are José Parra Martínez, Cornell Borchers, Michal Vičan, Axel Schandorff, Shirley Strickland, and Luis Alberto Monge. After him are Mary F. Lyon, Yasushi Akutagawa, Amparo Rivelles, Gizella Farkas, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, and Theodore Levitt. Among people deceased in 2015, James Salter ranks 283. Before him are Roberto Tucci, Clark Terry, Claude Criquielion, Gerrit Voorting, Lizabeth Scott, and Malcolm Fraser. After him are Milorad Milutinović, Roger Rees, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Mary Ellen Trainor, Peter Gay, and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Salter ranks 6,576 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Shaw (1886), Diane Ackerman (1948), Braxton Bragg (1817), Randy Crawford (1952), Paul Gray (1972), and Eugene V. Debs (1855). After him are Connie Willis (1945), Herbert Copeland (1902), Paul George (1990), Thurston Moore (1958), Frank Gorshin (1933), and Lawrence Lessig (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Salter ranks 496. Before him are Richard Powers (1957), Joss Whedon (1964), Eudora Welty (1909), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Irving Wallace (1916), and Diane Ackerman (1948). After him are Connie Willis (1945), Kathy Acker (1947), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), and Diane Disney Miller (1933).

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