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Oliver La Farge

1901 - 1963

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Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II (December 19, 1901 – August 2, 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southwest. In addition to more than 15 scholarly works, mostly about Native Americans, he wrote several novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Laughing Boy (1929). La Farge also wrote and published short stories, in magazines such as The New Yorker and Esquire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver La Farge is the 6,584th most popular writer (up from 6,639th in 2019), the 13,112th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,105th in 2019) and the 930th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Oliver La Farge ranks 6,584 out of 7,302. Before him are James Lipton, Sabina Berman, Anna Burns, Frederica Sagor Maas, Ann Oakley, and Melissa Rosenberg. After him are Thomas Shadwell, Abdellah Taïa, Sarah J. Maas, Lionel Trilling, Catherine Cookson, and Scott Westerfeld.

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Among people born in 1901, Oliver La Farge ranks 352. Before him are Putte Kock, Alex James, Nikolai Khmelyov, Mary Eaton, George Moorhouse, and Donald Howard Menzel. After him are John Sherman Cooper, Carmelita Geraghty, Stuart Symington, V. Shantaram, Joseph Albert Sullivan, and Dunc Munro. Among people deceased in 1963, Oliver La Farge ranks 218. Before him are Hubert Gough, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Luis Pérez, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Estes Kefauver, and Thomas Griffith Taylor. After him are Monty Woolley, Ernie Davis, Hooley Smith, Louis MacNeice, Jack Hobbs, and Jean Brooks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver La Farge ranks 13,116 out of 20,380. Before him are Tino Insana (1948), Frank Shakespeare (1930), Skipp Sudduth (1956), Gladys Brockwell (1893), Kenny Harrison (1965), and Sally Blane (1910). After him are Wade Hampton III (1818), Dale Dickey (1961), Cameron Monaghan (1993), Fiona Apple (1977), Milburn Stone (1904), and Sonya Smith (1972).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Oliver La Farge ranks 930. Before him are Alice Stone Blackwell (1857), Veronica Roth (1988), Philip G. Epstein (1909), James Lipton (1926), Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), and Melissa Rosenberg (1962). After him are Sarah J. Maas (1986), Lionel Trilling (1905), Scott Westerfeld (1963), Vachel Lindsay (1879), Rick Yancey (1962), and Adam Horowitz (1971).

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