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Robert Anderson

1917 - 2009

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Robert Woodruff Anderson (April 28, 1917 – February 9, 2009) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, for the drama films The Nun's Story (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970), the latter based on his play. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Anderson is the 3,181st most popular writer (up from 6,972nd in 2019), the 4,607th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,315th in 2019) and the 366th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Anderson ranks 3,181 out of 7,302. Before him are Irena Veisaitė, Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, William Langland, Léon Daudet, Tomas Venclova, and Alfred Andersch. After him are Marianne Fredriksson, Vicente Huidobro, Hitoshi Igarashi, Giovanni della Casa, Theodor Kallifatides, and Bâkî.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Robert Anderson ranks 159. Before him are El Santo, Heinrich Ehrler, Dmitry Belyayev, Adolfo Consolini, Aníbal Paz, and Kerim Kerimov. After him are Victor Marijnen, Caspar Weinberger, Georgy Vitsin, Oliver Tambo, Pío Leyva, and Philipp von Boeselager. Among people deceased in 2009, Robert Anderson ranks 155. Before him are Ken Annakin, Alda Merini, Jim Carroll, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Jim Rohn, and Béla Király. After him are Peter Shirayanagi, Aram Tigran, Horst Szymaniak, Zequinha, Gianna Maria Canale, and Gangubai Hangal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 4,607 out of 20,380. Before him are Milton L. Humason (1891), Douglas Diamond (1953), Peter MacNicol (1954), Randall Duk Kim (1943), George Church (1954), and GG Allin (1956). After him are Kenneth Arnold (1915), William Forsythe (1955), Susan Kilrain (1961), Grey DeLisle (1973), Pamela Bach (1963), and Frank Beard (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 366. Before him are Andrea Dworkin (1946), Brian Herbert (1947), Robert Ressler (1937), Edward Gorey (1925), Andre Norton (1912), and Robert Penn Warren (1905). After him are Henry Darger (1892), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), E. E. Smith (1890), Amy Lowell (1874), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), and Donna Tartt (1963).

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