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Ken Kesey

1935 - 2001

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Kenneth Elton Kesey (; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado, and grew up in Springfield, Oregon, graduating from the University of Oregon in 1957. He began writing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1960 after completing a graduate fellowship in creative writing at Stanford University; the novel was an immediate commercial and critical success when published two years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Kesey is the 1,515th most popular writer (down from 1,306th in 2019), the 2,202nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,561st in 2019) and the 178th most popular American Writer.

Ken Kesey is most famous for being the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Among writers, Ken Kesey ranks 1,515 out of 7,302. Before him are William Heinesen, Thornton Wilder, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Siegfried Lenz, Fredric Jameson, and Henry Steel Olcott. After him are Daniel Pennac, Rafael Alberti, Jules de Goncourt, Ichiyō Higuchi, Xavier de Maistre, and Jules Laforgue.

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Among people born in 1935, Ken Kesey ranks 84. Before him are Giovanni Lajolo, António Ramalho Eanes, Toni Sailer, Sonny Bono, Roger B. Chaffee, and Maj Sjöwall. After him are Jack Kemp, Floyd Patterson, Samak Sundaravej, Dinkha IV, Forough Farrokhzad, and John Phillips. Among people deceased in 2001, Ken Kesey ranks 66. Before him are Francisco Rabal, David Graf, Joseph Greenberg, Poul Anderson, Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, and Mirza Delibašić. After him are John Phillips, Joey Ramone, Jaroslav Drobný, Luis Carniglia, Francisco Varela, and Giuseppe Sinopoli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Kesey ranks 2,202 out of 20,380. Before him are William Wyatt Bibb (1781), Jerry Reed (1937), Alexander Haig (1924), Fredric Jameson (1934), Michael Massee (1952), and Henry Steel Olcott (1832). After him are Hilary Swank (1974), William Walker (1824), Kit Bond (1939), John Hammond (1910), Alan Alda (1936), and Dave Mustaine (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ken Kesey ranks 178. Before him are Robin Hobb (1952), Jean M. Auel (1936), Gore Vidal (1925), Thornton Wilder (1897), Fredric Jameson (1934), and Henry Steel Olcott (1832). After him are Erich Segal (1937), Betty Friedan (1921), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Solomon Northup (1808), and Flannery O'Connor (1925).

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