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Jane Smiley

1949 - Today

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Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Smiley is the 6,240th most popular writer (up from 6,629th in 2024), the 11,133rd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,059th in 2019) and the 815th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jane Smiley ranks 6,240 out of 7,302. Before her are Stig Claesson, Franz Fühmann, Elizabeth Moon, Andrew Vachss, William Dunbar, and Oscar Hijuelos. After her are Anne Fine, Sarah Trimmer, Roddy Doyle, Irena Krzywicka, Jānis Akuraters, and Alain Mabanckou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jane Smiley ranks 657. Before her are Atanas Mihaylov, Julio Cardeñosa, Wilfried Gröbner, Lauren Shuler Donner, Aslaug Dahl, and Brian Kidd. After her are Sunil Gavaskar, Abhay Ashtekar, Raymond Martin, Eddie Money, Roman Dmitriyev, and Micky Arison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jane Smiley ranks 11,135 out of 20,380. Before her are Amedee Reyburn (1889), John R. Leonetti (1956), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), Kathy Griffin (1960), George Lynch (1954), and Rembrandt Peale (1778). After her are Nia Peeples (1961), Mike Mignola (1960), Nick Chinlund (1961), Alex English (1954), Alan Curtis (1909), and Brian Welch (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jane Smiley ranks 815. Before her are Lyman Abbott (1835), Emma Willard (1787), Edward Everett Hale (1822), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Andrew Vachss (1942), and Oscar Hijuelos (1951). After her are Charlie Jane Anders (1969), Linda Woolverton (1952), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Katie Couric (1957), August Wilson (1945), and Judith Merril (1923).

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