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Richard Ford

1944 - Today

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Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story author, and writer of a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe. Ford's first collection of short stories, Rock Springs, was published in 1987. In the United States, Ford received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Independence Day. In Spain, he won the Princess of Asturias Award for 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Ford is the 1,870th most popular writer (down from 1,757th in 2019), the 2,743rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,202nd in 2019) and the 221st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Richard Ford ranks 1,870 out of 7,302. Before him are Georges Duhamel, Dobrodeia of Kiev, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Luis de León, Prosper of Aquitaine, and John Christopher. After him are Yasmina Reza, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Miguel Hernández, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, and Masaoka Shiki.

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Among people born in 1944, Richard Ford ranks 199. Before him are Muhammad Naji al-Otari, Sirhan Sirhan, Jon Anderson, Alan Stivell, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, and Dennis Farina. After him are Petar Zhekov, Rosalía Mera, Christian de Portzamparc, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Johnny Winter, and Teri Garr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Ford ranks 2,743 out of 20,380. Before him are John Sullivan (1740), R. Kelly (1967), Donald Glover (1983), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Ivan Sutherland (1938), and Tanya Roberts (1955). After him are Gloria Steinem (1934), Paul Revere (1735), Alfred Vail (1807), Virginia Cherrill (1908), Robert Stroud (1890), and Thomas Watson Jr. (1914).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Ford ranks 221. Before him are Paul Goodman (1911), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Philip José Farmer (1918), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), and John Green (1977). After him are Siri Hustvedt (1955), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Shirley Jackson (1916), Frederik Pohl (1919), E. E. Cummings (1894), and John Barth (1930).

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