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Richard Powers

1957 - Today

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Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Powers is the 4,323rd most popular writer (up from 5,164th in 2019), the 6,424th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,384th in 2019) and the 490th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Richard Powers ranks 4,323 out of 7,302. Before him are Zhang Jie, Margita Figuli, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Zabel Sibil Asadour, James Blish, and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. After him are Emma Andijewska, Anna Maria Lenngren, Kamini Roy, Vladimir Odoyevsky, Vladimir Oravsky, and Alexander of Abonoteichus.

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Among people born in 1957, Richard Powers ranks 239. Before him are Andris Piebalgs, Bruce Grobbelaar, Tomoko Ohara, Gérald Lacroix, Marie Myriam, and Sima Samar. After him are Brutus Beefcake, Filippo Grandi, Dubravka Šuica, Koji Suzuki, Tony Abbott, and Claude Criquielion.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 6,425 out of 20,380. Before him are James Blish (1921), Lynn Conway (1938), Paula Patton (1975), Wes Bentley (1978), Don McNeill (1918), and Al Ernest Garcia (1887). After him are Chief Joseph (1840), Eva Cassidy (1963), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), Louis Brandeis (1856), and Eric Heiden (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 490. Before him are Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Art Buchwald (1925), E. B. White (1899), Julia Quinn (1970), Camille Paglia (1947), and James Blish (1921). After him are Joss Whedon (1964), Eudora Welty (1909), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Irving Wallace (1916), Diane Ackerman (1948), and James Salter (1925).

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