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Tillie Olsen

1912 - 2007

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Tillie Lerner Olsen (January 14, 1912 – January 1, 2007) was an American writer who was associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Tillie Olsen is the 6,186th most popular writer (up from 6,275th in 2024), the 10,886th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,112th in 2019) and the 801st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Tillie Olsen ranks 6,186 out of 7,302. Before her are Stanisław Barańczak, Mikhail Gurevich, Ryukishi07, Dorothy Wordsworth, Daniel Pearl, and Gyula Juhász. After her are Caterina Davinio, Jun Maeda, Lydie Salvayre, Susan Cooper, Kari Hotakainen, and Ali Sardar Jafri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Tillie Olsen ranks 385. Before her are Henry Jonsson, Lukas Ammann, Eleazar de Carvalho, Øivind Holmsen, Art Mollner, and M. H. Abrams. After her are Elizaveta Mukasei, Burkhard Gantenbein, Jaap Mol, Joseph Van Ingelgem, Valerie Davies, and Erik Larsson. Among people deceased in 2007, Tillie Olsen ranks 373. Before her are Dennis Johnson, Hans Mild, Kenji Nagai, Dusty Anderson, Bob Clark, and Yolanda King. After her are Brad Delp, Beniamino Andreatta, Yelena Romanova, Burkhard Gantenbein, Merv Griffin, and Alice Ghostley.

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tillie Olsen ranks 801. Before her are Bill Prady (1960), Hugh Howey (1975), Kenneth Burke (1897), Larry Kramer (1935), John Jakes (1932), and Daniel Pearl (1963). After her are Patricia A. McKillip (1948), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Joan D. Vinge (1948), Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), John Patrick Shanley (1950), and Louis Sachar (1954).

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