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Thomas Pynchon

1937 - Today

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Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. ( PIN-chon, commonly PIN-chən; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, science, and mathematics. For Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1974 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Pynchon is the 1,074th most popular writer (down from 931st in 2019), the 1,529th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,051st in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Writer.

Thomas Pynchon is most famous for his novels "Gravity's Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49".

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Among writers, Thomas Pynchon ranks 1,074 out of 7,302. Before him are W. G. Sebald, Paul Bourget, Marcus Manilius, Meša Selimović, Ilia Chavchavadze, and Leigh Hunt. After him are Bolesław Prus, Michel Tournier, Tavo Burat, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Edith Wharton, and Pierre Louÿs.

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Among people born in 1937, Thomas Pynchon ranks 68. Before him are Mario Capecchi, Tsukasa Hosaka, Fernando de la Rúa, Lionel Jospin, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Valentyn Sylvestrov. After him are Paolo Conte, Roger Zelazny, Joseph Nye, Richard Møller Nielsen, Anatoly Sobchak, and Rubin Carter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Pynchon ranks 1,529 out of 20,380. Before him are Al Jarreau (1940), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Adrien Brody (1973), Thelonious Monk (1917), Ronald Wayne (1934), and Eric Roberts (1956). After him are Gary Sinise (1955), Matthew Perry (1969), Phil Spector (1939), Kelly LeBrock (1960), Etta James (1938), and George Stigler (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Pynchon ranks 120. Before him are Ed Bradley (1941), Dalton Trumbo (1905), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Clifford D. Simak (1904), and William Gibson (1948). After him are Edith Wharton (1862), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Harriet Jacobs (1813), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Roger Zelazny (1937), and Jeff Lindsay (1952).

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