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Kate Chopin

1850 - 1904

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Kate Chopin (, also US: ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald, and she is among the most frequently read and recognized writers of Louisiana Creole heritage. She is best known today for her 1899 novel The Awakening. Of maternal French and paternal Irish descent, Chopin was born in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kate Chopin is the 2,490th most popular writer (down from 2,419th in 2019), the 3,573rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,033rd in 2019) and the 286th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Kate Chopin ranks 2,490 out of 7,302. Before her are Delmira Agustini, Stephen Baxter, Jacob Cats, Luigi Alamanni, Ernst von Salomon, and Vasil Bykaŭ. After her are Gardner Fox, Jules Guesde, Philippe Quinault, Miloš Crnjanski, John Grinder, and António Vieira.

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Among people born in 1850, Kate Chopin ranks 41. Before her are Ebenezer Howard, Pavel Axelrod, Giuseppe Mercalli, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Jack Daniel, and Hans Hartwig von Beseler. After her are Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Amélie Lundahl, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Wilhelm Roux, David Schwarz, and Marcelo H. del Pilar. Among people deceased in 1904, Kate Chopin ranks 51. Before her are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and Vyacheslav von Plehve. After her are Laura Vicuña, Fyodor Bredikhin, Eugen Schauman, George Frederic Watts, Charles Foster, and Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kate Chopin ranks 3,573 out of 20,380. Before her are DeForest Kelley (1920), John O'Connor (1920), Barry Goldwater (1909), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Joseph Valachi (1904), and William Atherton (1947). After her are Gardner Fox (1911), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Jason Newsted (1963), Sal Mineo (1939), Bob Casey Jr. (1960), and John Frusciante (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Kate Chopin ranks 286. Before her are James M. Cain (1892), Alex Haley (1921), Ron Kovic (1946), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Eben Alexander (1953). After her are Gardner Fox (1911), John Grinder (1940), Tom Wilson (1931), Joyce Meyer (1943), Jack Williamson (1908), and Terence McKenna (1946).

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