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Jane Bowles

1917 - 1973

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Jane Bowles (; born Jane Sydney Auer; February 22, 1917 – May 4, 1973) was an American writer and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Bowles is the 4,547th most popular writer (up from 5,352nd in 2019), the 6,785th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,844th in 2019) and the 513th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jane Bowles ranks 4,547 out of 7,302Before her are Ameen Rihani, Robert Edmond Grant, Paul Bekker, Teffi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, and Francis de Miomandre. After her are Ernst Stadler, Jacques Roumain, Klaus Groth, James Agee, Aleksandrs Čaks, and Ivan Shmelyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Jane Bowles ranks 234Before her are Knut Haugland, Ivan Bodiul, Jacqueline Auriol, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Desi Arnaz, and James Jesus Angleton. After her are Henry Carlsson, Noboru Terada, Li Rui, Dmitry Polyansky, Helen Suzman, and Abdullah al-Sallal. Among people deceased in 1973, Jane Bowles ranks 196Before her are Leonid Stein, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, Anton Ackermann, Vera Panova, and Georges Bonnet. After her are Noël Roquevert, Käthe von Nagy, Carlos Schneeberger, Vladimír Syrovátka, Gram Parsons, and Jascha Horenstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jane Bowles ranks 6,787 out of 20,380Before her are Courtney B. Vance (1960), Ray Barretto (1929), Duane Hanson (1925), Erik Olin Wright (1947), Gina Torres (1969), and Debra Jo Rupp (1951). After her are Bob Backlund (1949), Timothy Pickering (1745), Jack Lord (1920), Dinah Shore (1916), James Agee (1909), and Zoey Deutch (1994).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jane Bowles ranks 513Before her are Mona Simpson (1957), David Baldacci (1960), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), Tad Williams (1957), John Piper (1946), and Mike Resnick (1942). After her are James Agee (1909), Gordon Willis (1931), Anita Loos (1889), Sue Grafton (1940), Bill Lawrence (1968), and Julia Ward Howe (1819).