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Mary Oliver

1935 - 2019

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Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by wonderment at the natural environment, vivid imagery, and unadorned language. In 2007, she was declared the best-selling poet in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Oliver is the 4,890th most popular writer (up from 4,932nd in 2019), the 7,389th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,875th in 2019) and the 557th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mary Oliver ranks 4,890 out of 7,302. Before her are Steven Millhauser, Antoni Malczewski, Kamala Surayya, Steven Erikson, Shōhei Ōoka, and Yuri Nagibin. After her are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Norman Spinrad, Andreas Kalvos, Saint-Pol-Roux, Alex Garland, and Heðin Brú.

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Among people born in 1935, Mary Oliver ranks 345. Before her are Michael Chapman, Lewis Arquette, Víctor Benítez, Peter Grant, Mario Camus, and Christina Pickles. After her are Simon Leys, Johnny Mathis, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Dan Ayrault, Sherrill Milnes, and Halina Poświatowska. Among people deceased in 2019, Mary Oliver ranks 347. Before her are Günter Kunert, Antal Bolvári, Ellen Schwiers, Klara Guseva, Shriram Lagoo, and Guy François. After her are Norbert Eder, Emiliano Sala, Josef Feistmantl, Imre Varga, Fernando Roldán, and Jacques Diouf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Oliver ranks 7,391 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Fortus (1966), Mel Sheppard (1883), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Marty Balin (1942), Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), and Sophia Bush (1982). After her are Robert Taylor (1932), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Roger McGuinn (1942), Morton Gould (1913), Herbie Mann (1930), and Tim Hardin (1941).

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Among writers born in United States, Mary Oliver ranks 557. Before her are C. L. Moore (1911), Sidney Howard (1891), Robert Leckie (1920), Jim Harrison (1937), Paul Theroux (1941), and Steven Millhauser (1943). After her are Norman Spinrad (1940), William Gibson (1914), Neal Stephenson (1959), John Esposito (1940), Erica Jong (1942), and Russell Kirk (1918).

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