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Mary McCarthy

1912 - 1989

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Mary Therese McCarthy (June 21, 1912 – October 25, 1989) was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel The Group, her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, and her storied feud with playwright Lillian Hellman. McCarthy was the winner of the Horizon Prize in 1949 and was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1949 and 1959. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome. In 1973, she delivered the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, the Netherlands, under the title Can There Be a Gothic Literature? Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary McCarthy is the 4,622nd most popular writer (up from 4,694th in 2019), the 6,923rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,354th in 2019) and the 523rd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary McCarthy ranks 4,622 out of 7,302. Before her are Krishan Chander, August Spies, Vesna Parun, Vittoria Aganoor, Kostas Karyotakis, and Robert Bolt. After her are Johann David Wyss, Abdullah Goran, Vittorio Messori, Sotion, Dan Andersson, and Guillermo Arriaga.

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Among people born in 1912, Mary McCarthy ranks 267. Before her are Georges Beaucourt, Ted Drake, Iuliu Bodola, Francisco Cabañas, Tadashi Imai, and Maguba Syrtlanova. After her are Miklós Szabados, Willibald Schmaus, Nelly Diener, Ellen Preis, George Devol, and Anton Buttigieg. Among people deceased in 1989, Mary McCarthy ranks 203. Before her are Yasushi Akutagawa, Luiz Luz, Ronald Syme, Edgar Sanabria, Helga Haase, and Sirarpie Der Nersessian. After her are Alfredo Zitarrosa, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Ján Cikker, László Papp, Ernst Andersson, and Don Revie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary McCarthy ranks 6,925 out of 20,380. Before her are Kurt Angle (1968), Vince Lombardi (1913), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Stanley G. Payne (1934), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), and Bobo Brazil (1924). After her are Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Luther Vandross (1951), Jeanne Eagels (1890), Patricia Wettig (1951), David White (1916), and Joseph Stadler (1880).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary McCarthy ranks 523. Before her are Sue Grafton (1940), Bill Lawrence (1968), Julia Ward Howe (1819), John D. MacDonald (1916), Robert Richardson (1955), and Sandra Brown (1948). After her are Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), A. Merritt (1884), Nathanael West (1903), Joanna Russ (1937), Maxwell Anderson (1888), and Chris Morgan (1966).

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