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Wallace Stevens

1879 - 1955

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Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. Stevens's first period begins with the publication of Harmonium (1923), followed by a slightly revised and amended second edition in 1930. It features, among other poems, "The Emperor of Ice-Cream", "Sunday Morning", "The Snow Man", and "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wallace Stevens is the 3,438th most popular writer (down from 3,279th in 2019), the 4,950th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,168th in 2019) and the 388th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Wallace Stevens ranks 3,438 out of 7,302. Before him are Francišak Bahuševič, Ravindra Prabhat, Natsuo Kirino, Roberto Arlt, Edith Durham, and Ai Yazawa. After him are Angelos Sikelianos, Futabatei Shimei, Iain Banks, Mouloud Mammeri, Michel Ocelot, and Laza Lazarević.

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Among people born in 1879, Wallace Stevens ranks 131. Before him are Maud Menten, Petros Persakis, Ellen Gleditsch, Clemente Micara, Leonid Mandelstam, and Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg. After him are Agnes Arber, Ion G. Duca, José Millán-Astray, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Harry Kerr, and Thành Thái. Among people deceased in 1955, Wallace Stevens ranks 99. Before him are Erwin von Lahousen, Hans Hedtoft, Rukhmabai, Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Horace McCoy, and Ango Sakaguchi. After him are Jenő Fuchs, Arthur Bernardes, Lloyd Bacon, Otto Gessler, Sybille Schmitz, and Michele Besso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wallace Stevens ranks 4,950 out of 20,380. Before him are Layne Staley (1967), Geoff Pierson (1949), Benjamin Libet (1916), Carole Landis (1919), James Marsden (1973), and Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856). After him are Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Gregg Allman (1947), Joseph Cornell (1903), Timothy Olyphant (1968), Gregory Corso (1930), and Margaret Taylor (1788).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Wallace Stevens ranks 388. Before him are Peter Benchley (1940), Henry Kuttner (1915), Paul Gallico (1897), Charlie Kaufman (1958), Maurice Sendak (1928), and Lillian Hellman (1905). After him are Gregory Corso (1930), Lawrence Block (1938), H.D. (1886), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Fanny Crosby (1820), and Richard Yates (1926).

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