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Raymond Carver

1938 - 1988

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Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), received immediate acclaim and established Carver as an important figure in the literary world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Carver is the 971st most popular writer (down from 781st in 2019), the 1,357th most popular biography from United States (down from 877th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Writer.

Raymond Carver is most famous for his short stories that are often about the lives of working-class people.

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Among writers, Raymond Carver ranks 971 out of 7,302. Before him are Benito Pérez Galdós, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Frank Wedekind, Aimé Césaire, Cormac McCarthy, and Ambrose Bierce. After him are Venantius Fortunatus, Jean Giraudoux, Viktor Shklovsky, Abraham Abulafia, Sonia Rykiel, and Hélène Cixous.

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Among people born in 1938, Raymond Carver ranks 64. Before him are Jiří Menzel, Anthony James Leggett, Issey Miyake, Jean Giraud, Tufuga Efi, and David Irving. After him are Wim Kok, István Szabó, Giuliano Amato, Brian Dennehy, Oleg Gordievsky, and Takehiko Kawanishi. Among people deceased in 1988, Raymond Carver ranks 28. Before him are Roy Orbison, Chet Baker, Hiroaki Sato, Kim Philby, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and Virginia Satir. After him are Richard S. Castellano, Felix Wankel, Clifford D. Simak, Luis Barragán, Franz Josef Strauss, and Christina Onassis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raymond Carver ranks 1,357 out of 20,380. Before him are James Cagney (1899), Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Marvin Minsky (1927), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), Eric Peterson (1964), and Kendrick Lamar (1987). After him are Jane Wyman (1917), Martin Chalfie (1947), James Horner (1953), Mildred Harris (1901), Hattie McDaniel (1893), and Rodney King (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Raymond Carver ranks 109. Before him are Virginia Satir (1916), Horatio Alger (1832), John Updike (1932), John Fante (1909), Cormac McCarthy (1933), and Ambrose Bierce (1842). After him are Sherwood Anderson (1876), Thomas Wolfe (1900), John Grisham (1955), Nellie Bly (1864), Ed Bradley (1941), and Dalton Trumbo (1905).

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