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Ring Lardner

1885 - 1933

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Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries—Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and F. Scott Fitzgerald—all professed strong admiration for his writing, and author John O'Hara directly attributed his understanding of dialogue to him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ring Lardner is the 5,640th most popular writer (down from 5,396th in 2019), the 9,095th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,965th in 2019) and the 667th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ring Lardner ranks 5,640 out of 7,302. Before him are Ian Buruma, Ellen Niit, John Braine, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, Ahmet Haşim, and Ann Cleeves. After him are Walter Abish, Elinor Glyn, Jorge de Sena, Ted Chiang, Ibrahim Kuni, and Robert J. Sawyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Ring Lardner ranks 234. Before him are Károly Dietz, George Fitzmaurice, Alan Noble, John Fenning, Ben Chifley, and John Beazley. After him are Georgina de Albuquerque, Charles Rosher, Julio Lozano Díaz, Walter Anderson, Károly Levitzky, and Enrico Mizzi. Among people deceased in 1933, Ring Lardner ranks 138. Before him are Zaida Ben-Yusuf, F. Holland Day, Karl Jatho, Gustavo Jiménez, Sakai Toshihiko, and Ahmet Haşim. After him are Jack Pickford, Emil Magnusson, Earl Derr Biggers, Spottiswoode Aitken, Ruurd Leegstra, and Daphne Akhurst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ring Lardner ranks 9,097 out of 20,380. Before him are James Stockdale (1923), Jenna Ortega (2002), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Florence Ballard (1943), Bill Camp (1961), and Hilarie Burton (1982). After him are Van McCoy (1940), James Michael Tyler (1962), Mia Malkova (1992), Mary Carew (1913), Bill Bradley (1943), and Frank Whaley (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ring Lardner ranks 667. Before him are Martin Cruz Smith (1942), Lester del Rey (1915), Philip Agee (1935), Marianne Williamson (1952), John Norman (1931), and Kenneth Copeland (1936). After him are Ted Chiang (1967), Tony Kushner (1956), Diane di Prima (1934), David Peoples (1940), Kate Wilhelm (1928), and Grace Paley (1922).

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