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Lucille Clifton

1936 - 2010

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Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucille Clifton is the 7,150th most popular writer (down from 7,041st in 2024), the 16,435th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,010th in 2019) and the 1,132nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Lucille Clifton ranks 7,150 out of 7,302. Before her are Rudolfo Anaya, Anne Michaels, Care Santos, Terry Nation, Dan Savage, and Petr Zelenka. After her are Gaël Faye, Julia Serano, George Monbiot, Elizabeth Hand, Dave Barry, and Sanal Edamaruku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lucille Clifton ranks 595. Before her are Jimmy Ruffin, Freddy Cannon, Garfield Sobers, Maurice Setters, Sue Ane Langdon, and Alcee Hastings. After her are Indu Jain, Jyotindra Nath Dixit, and Rafael Campos. Among people deceased in 2010, Lucille Clifton ranks 499. Before her are Kage Baker, Ruth Park, Abdolmalek Rigi, Frances Reid, Aleksander Szczygło, and Wayne Collett. After her are Obaidullah Akhund, John Murtha, Mubariz Ibrahimov, Andy Holmes, Przemysław Gosiewski, and Natalia Lavrova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucille Clifton ranks 16,442 out of 20,380. Before her are Flip Saunders (1955), Leon Robinson (1962), Shawn Colvin (1956), Mike Brown (1970), Tracey Gold (1969), and Otis (1991). After her are Billy Eichner (1978), Paul Goldstein (1976), Joel Madden (1979), Gia Coppola (1987), Clare Kramer (1974), and Earl Boykins (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lucille Clifton ranks 1,132. Before her are Jay Asher (1975), Sherman Alexie (1966), Liz Murray (1980), Piper Kerman (1969), Rudolfo Anaya (1937), and Dan Savage (1964). After her are Julia Serano (1967), Elizabeth Hand (1957), Dave Barry (1947), Walt Dohrn (1970), Mark Boal (1973), and Geoff Johns (1973).

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