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Richard Yates

1926 - 1992

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Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award, while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce. Critical acclaim for his writing, however, was not reflected in commercial success during his lifetime. Interest in Yates has revived somewhat since his death, partly because of an influential 1999 essay by Stewart O'Nan in the Boston Review, a 2003 biography by Blake Bailey and the 2008 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film Revolutionary Road starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Yates is the 3,527th most popular writer (up from 3,658th in 2019), the 5,087th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,683rd in 2019) and the 394th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Richard Yates ranks 3,527 out of 7,302. Before him are Mahmoud Shabestari, Évariste de Parny, Claudius Salmasius, Krišjānis Barons, Anna Langfus, and Abu Ali Bal'ami. After him are Tibor Déry, Xiao Hong, Carlo Rosselli, Robert Holdstock, Antero de Quental, and William Ernest Henley.

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Among people born in 1926, Richard Yates ranks 247. Before him are Sadegh Khalkhali, Alina Szapocznikow, Salahuddin of Selangor, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Julio Pérez, and Heinz Kwiatkowski. After him are Kristen Nygaard, Peter Alexander, Yehuda Bauer, Bernhard Klodt, Enzo Sacchi, and Carl Adam Petri. Among people deceased in 1992, Richard Yates ranks 145. Before him are Juanito, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Willie Dixon, Bo Lindman, Andrew Marton, and Gerard K. O'Neill. After him are Todd Armstrong, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, Hal Roach, and Jack Arnold.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Yates ranks 5,087 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Stephens (1918), Fred Niblo (1874), Larry Clark (1943), James Karen (1923), Lloyd Bacon (1889), and Rachel Jackson (1767). After him are Bob Rafelson (1933), John L. McClellan (1896), Glen Cook (1944), Bill Mulliken (1939), Ted Meredith (1891), and Rob Marshall (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Yates ranks 394. Before him are Wallace Stevens (1879), Gregory Corso (1930), Lawrence Block (1938), H.D. (1886), Susan Brownmiller (1935), and Fanny Crosby (1820). After him are Glen Cook (1944), Lois Lowry (1937), Jonathan Littell (1967), Robert McKee (1941), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), and Russell Banks (1940).

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