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Thomas Berger

1924 - 2014

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Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure. Berger's biting wit led many reviewers to refer to him as a satirist or "comic" novelist, descriptions he preferred to reject. His admirers often bemoaned that his talent and achievement were underappreciated, in view of his versatility across many forms of fiction, his precise use of language, and his probing intelligence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Berger is the 4,212th most popular writer (up from 5,893rd in 2019), the 6,234th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,342nd in 2019) and the 473rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Berger ranks 4,212 out of 7,302. Before him are Agustina Bessa-Luís, Jorge Edwards, Ida Fink, Olive Schreiner, Robert Rozhdestvensky, and Faiz Ahmad Faiz. After him are Ludvík Vaculík, Ki no Tomonori, Sofia Yablonska, Isidore Isou, Camille Lemonnier, and Daniel Varoujan.

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Among people born in 1924, Thomas Berger ranks 301. Before him are Tatyana Lioznova, Attilio Giovannini, Mohamed M. Atalla, Raoul Coutard, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, and Theodore Bikel. After him are Jean-Michel Charlier, Ken Green, Mel Patton, Jimmy Gardner, Arkady Vorobyov, and Rafael Iglesias. Among people deceased in 2014, Thomas Berger ranks 273. Before him are Tullio Regge, François Cavanna, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Wu Ma, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, and Martin Špegelj. After him are Brian Hart, Glen A. Larson, Ian Paisley, Mel Patton, Samih al-Qasim, and Louise Brough.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Berger ranks 6,235 out of 20,380. Before him are Beals Wright (1879), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Buddy Rogers (1921), Tony Williams (1945), Sterling Morrison (1942), and Edward Gibson (1936). After him are Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), Todd Haynes (1961), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Daniel Morgan (1736), Maurice Costello (1877), and Steve Clark (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Berger ranks 473. Before him are Hart Crane (1899), Edna Ferber (1885), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), James Redfield (1950), Theodore Roszak (1933), and Francis Davis Millet (1848). After him are Ida B. Wells (1862), Tobias Wolff (1945), Robert Ettinger (1918), Glen A. Larson (1937), Marilynne Robinson (1943), and Anne Tyler (1941).

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