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Nathanael West

1903 - 1940

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Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American writer and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939), set respectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film industries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nathanael West is the 4,647th most popular writer (up from 4,903rd in 2019), the 6,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,817th in 2019) and the 526th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nathanael West ranks 4,647 out of 7,302. Before him are Isaac Watts, Urs Widmer, Levon Shant, Pierre Mac Orlan, A. Merritt, and Sahar Khalifeh. After him are Géza Csáth, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Joanna Russ, Larysa Hienijuš, and Jean Cassou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Nathanael West ranks 247. Before him are Alan Paton, O. E. Hasse, Manuel Anatol, Voldemar Väli, Romeo Neri, and Graham Sutherland. After him are Lajos Steiner, Nikolay Zabolotsky, Charles Rigoulot, John Miller, Georges de Rham, and Lucien Michard. Among people deceased in 1940, Nathanael West ranks 146. Before him are Ervin Mészáros, Gheorghe Argeșanu, Adam Zamenhof, Ameen Rihani, Einar Benediktsson, and Otto Toeplitz. After him are Martti Marttelin, Edgar Adams, Paul Passy, Smedley Butler, István Énekes, and La Jana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathanael West ranks 6,966 out of 20,380. Before him are Yvette Mimieux (1942), Chris Mulkey (1948), Edith McGuire (1944), A. Merritt (1884), D. H. Peligro (1959), and George Devol (1912). After him are Sarah Rafferty (1972), Karen Pence (1957), Clarence Pinkston (1900), Neil Flynn (1960), Mary-Claire King (1946), and Wendy O. Williams (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nathanael West ranks 526. Before him are John D. MacDonald (1916), Robert Richardson (1955), Sandra Brown (1948), Mary McCarthy (1912), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), and A. Merritt (1884). After him are Joanna Russ (1937), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Chris Morgan (1966), William Wharton (1925), Shel Silverstein (1930), and Elbert Hubbard (1856).

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