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Sharon Olds

1942 - Today

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Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet. She won the first San Francisco State University Poetry Center Award in 1980, the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Sharon Olds is the 6,751st most popular writer (up from 6,766th in 2024), the 14,013th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,840th in 2019) and the 993rd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sharon Olds ranks 6,751 out of 7,302. Before her are Victoria Hislop, Arvydas Juozaitis, Sophie Hannah, Hiba Abu Nada, Steven S. DeKnight, and Zoran Stefanović. After her are Paolo Giordano, Cecily von Ziegesar, Countee Cullen, George Etherege, Audrey Niffenegger, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Sharon Olds ranks 707. Before her are Robin Widdows, Muriel Day, Bob Gaudio, Kathleen Blanco, Nathan Deal, and Joy Behar. After her are Ian Hancock, Andraé Crouch, Suzanne Cory, Mac Davis, Joe Boyd, and Richard M. Daley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sharon Olds ranks 14,017 out of 20,380. Before her are Ross Marquand (1981), George McGinnis (1950), Natalie Merchant (1963), Butch Hartman (1965), Ronnie Montrose (1947), and F. Drew Gaffney (1946). After her are Big Cass (1986), Holly Madison (1979), John Davis Lodge (1903), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1922), Ethan Carter III (1983), and Tom Everett Scott (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sharon Olds ranks 993. Before her are Jeff VanderMeer (1968), Joel Surnow (1955), Cheryl Strayed (1968), Philip Freneau (1752), Julia Phillips (1944), and Steven S. DeKnight (1910). After her are Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), Countee Cullen (1903), Audrey Niffenegger (1963), Christopher Moore (1957), James Merrill (1926), and James K. Morrow (1947).

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