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Max Eastman

1883 - 1969

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Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969) was an American writer on literature, philosophy, and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist. Moving to New York City for graduate school, Eastman became involved with radical circles in Greenwich Village. He supported socialism and became a leading patron of the Harlem Renaissance and an activist for a number of liberal and radical causes. For several years, he edited The Masses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Eastman is the 5,469th most popular writer (up from 5,620th in 2019), the 8,622nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,494th in 2019) and the 639th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Max Eastman ranks 5,469 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Englund, Kang Kyeong-ae, Ghazaros Aghayan, Alexander Shishkov, Holly Black, and Sven Delblanc. After him are Dorothy Allison, Isabel-Clara Simó, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Ulrich Plenzdorf, K. Shivaram Karanth, and Peter Härtling.

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Among people born in 1883, Max Eastman ranks 233. Before him are Jonathan M. Wainwright, Joseph Perotaux, Estelle Winwood, Erik Granfelt, Käthe Kruse, and Sax Rohmer. After him are Federigo Tozzi, Jules Berry, Arthur L. Newton, Albert Oldman, Mary Alden, and Lothrop Stoddard. Among people deceased in 1969, Max Eastman ranks 209. Before him are Muhammad Fareed Didi, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, Miles Dempsey, Hans Rademacher, and Károly Fogl. After him are Marcel Riesz, Károly Dietz, Stratis Myrivilis, Ramdas Gandhi, Skip James, and Barton MacLane.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Max Eastman ranks 8,624 out of 20,380. Before him are Holly Black (1971), James Drury (1934), Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Leonard Warren (1911), Tiffani Thiessen (1974), and Art Acord (1890). After him are Roberta Williams (1953), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Doug Burgum (1956), Bob Sapp (1973), Dorothy Allison (1949), and Anthony Denison (1949).

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Among writers born in United States, Max Eastman ranks 639. Before him are Chaim Potok (1929), Robert Christgau (1942), Alison Lurie (1926), Walter J. Ong (1912), Robert Bly (1926), and Holly Black (1971). After him are Dorothy Allison (1949), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Judith Krantz (1928), Sara Paretsky (1947), Lew Rockwell (1944), and Ann Bannon (1932).

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