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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Olen Butler is the 6,781st most popular writer (up from 6,994th in 2024), the 14,182nd most popular biography from United States (up from 15,519th in 2019) and the 1,002nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Olen Butler ranks 6,781 out of 7,302. Before 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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Among people born in 1945, Robert Olen Butler ranks 669. Before 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 14,186 out of 20,380. Before 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 Vincent Young (1965), Kathleen Rose Perkins (1974), Beverly Johnson (1952), Charles Baker (1971), Tracy Hickman (1955), and Ashley Olsen (1986).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Olen Butler ranks 1,002. Before 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).

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