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John Barth

1930 - 2024

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John Simmons Barth (; May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history; Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the Cold War world; and Lost in the Funhouse, a self-referential and experimental collection of short stories. He was co-recipient of the National Book Award in 1973 for his episodic novel Chimera. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Barth is the 1,915th most popular writer (up from 2,557th in 2019), the 2,814th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,236th in 2019) and the 227th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, John Barth ranks 1,915 out of 7,302. Before him are Salvian, Jonas Mekas, Jean Starobinski, Magnús Scheving, Paul Gerhardt, and Bella Akhmadulina. After him are Zygmunt Krasiński, Petar Kočić, A. S. Byatt, Naftali Herz Imber, Isaac Titsingh, and Azar Nafisi.

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Among people born in 1930, John Barth ranks 149. Before him are Dave Sexton, Son Sen, Ken Naganuma, Robert Culp, Philippe Leroy, and Rudolf E. Kálmán. After him are Paul Poupard, Carolyn Jones, Yves Rocher, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, José Águas, and Omara Portuondo. Among people deceased in 2024, John Barth ranks 145. Before him are Veljko Bulajić, Philippe Leroy, Tito Jackson, David Soul, Teri Garr, and Niels Arestrup. After him are Yael Dayan, Ira von Fürstenberg, Jim Abrahams, Hugo Sotil, Sid Eudy, and Péter Eötvös.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Barth ranks 2,814 out of 20,380. Before him are Kurtwood Smith (1943), Mark Eaton (1957), Charles Durning (1923), Gregg Popovich (1949), Nile Rodgers (1952), and John Sloan (1871). After him are Roscoe Arbuckle (1887), Ken Norton (1943), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Richard Hatch (1945), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), and Carolyn Jones (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Barth ranks 227. Before him are Richard Ford (1944), Siri Hustvedt (1955), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Shirley Jackson (1916), Frederik Pohl (1919), and E. E. Cummings (1894). After him are Nelson Algren (1909), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Maria Shriver (1955), Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), and Nicholas Sparks (1965).

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