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Robert Coover

1932 - 2024

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Robert Lowell Coover (February 4, 1932 – October 5, 2024) was an American novelist, short story writer, and T. B. Stowell Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction. He became a proponent of electronic literature and was a founder of the Electronic Literature Organization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Coover is the 5,432nd most popular writer (up from 6,007th in 2019), the 8,540th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,805th in 2019) and the 631st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Coover ranks 5,432 out of 7,302. Before him are Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, Eve Ensler, Aldo Palazzeschi, Jan Twardowski, Mihkel Veske, and John Holt. After him are Fran Lebowitz, Lev Mei, Carine Roitfeld, Ingrid Noll, Álvares de Azevedo, and Lucius Shepard.

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Among people born in 1932, Robert Coover ranks 405. Before him are Walter Schröder, James Stafford, Edward O. Thorp, Masten Gregory, José Varacka, and Mickey Kuhn. After him are Gaudencio Rosales, Maya Kristalinskaya, Fazu Aliyeva, Jerzy Pawłowski, Oliver Nelson, and Douglas McIlroy. Among people deceased in 2024, Robert Coover ranks 391. Before him are Comunardo Niccolai, Mitzi Gaynor, Klaus Töpfer, Jean Malaurie, Joanne Chory, and Marlena Shaw. After him are Bob Bryar, Phelekezela Mphoko, Maxine Singer, Ben Vautier, Dorothy Allison, and Gary Shaw.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Coover ranks 8,542 out of 20,380. Before him are John Holt (1923), Vanessa Blue (1974), Kayden Kross (1985), Mickey Kuhn (1932), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), and Anne Sewell Young (1871). After him are Robert Young (1907), Michael Flatley (1958), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Robert Blust (1940), and Patrick St. Esprit (1954).

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Among writers born in United States, Robert Coover ranks 631. Before him are Frank O'Hara (1926), Katherine Neville (1945), Elmer Rice (1892), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), Eve Ensler (1953), and John Holt (1923). After him are Fran Lebowitz (1950), Chaim Potok (1929), Robert Christgau (1942), Alison Lurie (1926), Walter J. Ong (1912), and Robert Bly (1926).

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