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Octavia E. Butler

1947 - 2006

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Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. She was extremely shy as a child, but Butler found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Octavia E. Butler is the 3,675th most popular writer (down from 3,473rd in 2019), the 5,310th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,445th in 2019) and the 414th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Octavia E. Butler ranks 3,675 out of 7,302. Before her are David Foster Wallace, Alain Chartier, Robert B. Spencer, Penelope Fitzgerald, James A. Michener, and Rose Wilder Lane. After her are Gonzalo de Berceo, Steve Berry, Oton Župančič, Peter Dickinson, Rupert Brooke, and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.

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Among people born in 1947, Octavia E. Butler ranks 373. Before her are Omar Larrosa, Benoît Jacquot, Fernando Savater, Rajko Grlić, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, and Leland Sklar. After her are René Harris, Alfredo Cristiani, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Natalya Varley, Alaksandar Milinkievič, and Dominique Baratelli. Among people deceased in 2006, Octavia E. Butler ranks 192. Before her are Andreas Katsulas, Rainer Barzel, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Kathleen Antonelli, and Zsuzsa Körmöczy. After her are Dennis Weaver, William P. Gottlieb, Peter Norman, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Charles E. Brady Jr., and Said Mohamed Djohar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Octavia E. Butler ranks 5,310 out of 20,380. Before her are David Koresh (1959), Osceola (1804), Henry Paulson (1946), Joseph A. Walker (1921), Leland Sklar (1947), and Alicia Silverstone (1976). After her are Dennis Weaver (1924), Eve Meyer (1928), Steve Berry (1955), Joe Engle (1932), Ethel Merman (1908), and Broderick Crawford (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Octavia E. Butler ranks 414. Before her are Howard Pyle (1853), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), David Foster Wallace (1962), Robert B. Spencer (1962), James A. Michener (1907), and Rose Wilder Lane (1886). After her are Steve Berry (1955), Charles Fort (1874), Janet Asimov (1926), Shere Hite (1942), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), and Francis Scott Key (1779).

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