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Robert Olen Butler

1945 - Today

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Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Olen Butler is the 6,756th most popular writer (up from 6,994th in 2019), the 14,128th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,523rd in 2019) and the 998th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Olen Butler ranks 6,756 out of 7,302Before him are Benjamin Jowett, Paul Dini, Ihor Pavlyuk, Juli Zeh, Fatima Massaquoi, and Aleš Debeljak. After him are Tracy Hickman, Dennis Prager, Sibylle Berg, Ronald D. Moore, Wei Hui, and Charles Portis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Robert Olen Butler ranks 669Before him are Ray LaHood, Damien Magee, Hassan Abshir Farah, Sheela, Julie Heldman, and Narendra Dabholkar. After him are Elkie Brooks, David Dukes, Madhavrao Scindia, John Garamendi, Sandy Berger, and Liam O'Flynn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Olen Butler ranks 14,132 out of 20,380Before him are Charles D. Walker (1948), Johnathon Schaech (1969), Kari Byron (1974), Jordan Knight (1970), John Francis Daley (1985), and Toby Fox (1991). After him are Kathleen Rose Perkins (1974), Beverly Johnson (1952), Charles Baker (1971), Tracy Hickman (1955), Ashley Olsen (1986), and Brenden Aaronson (2000).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Olen Butler ranks 998Before him are Audrey Niffenegger (1963), Christopher Moore (1957), James Merrill (1926), James K. Morrow (1947), Laurell K. Hamilton (1963), and Paul Dini (1957). After him are Tracy Hickman (1955), Dennis Prager (1948), Ronald D. Moore (1964), Charles Portis (1933), Leonard Maltin (1950), and Naomi Novik (1973).