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Walter Tevis

1928 - 1984

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Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (; February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen’s Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Tevis is the 1,995th most popular writer (up from 2,087th in 2019), the 2,933rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,626th in 2019) and the 237th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Walter Tevis ranks 1,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques Collin de Plancy, Jovan Dučić, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Uhwudong, Juan Donoso Cortés, and Frances Harper. After him are Paul Morand, Ahad Ha'am, Péter Esterházy, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Elizabeth of the Trinity, and Vasyl Stus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Walter Tevis ranks 156. Before him are Ali Kafi, Petr Ginz, Mihály Lantos, Otto F. Kernberg, Vidal Sassoon, and Malcolm Glazer. After him are Nick Holonyak, Ralph Waite, William Klein, Martin Davis, László Budai, and Thomas E. Kurtz. Among people deceased in 1984, Walter Tevis ranks 75. Before him are Martin Luther King Sr., He Zizhen, Eduardo De Filippo, Branko Ćopić, Ernesto Mascheroni, and José Mauro de Vasconcelos. After him are Jüri Lossmann, Trygve Bratteli, Rodrigo Lara, Nodar Dumbadze, George Gallup, and Faina Ranevskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Tevis ranks 2,933 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Jones (1946), Kevin Mitnick (1963), Frances Harper (1825), Mehmet Oz (1960), Nancy Allen (1950), and Judy Chicago (1939). After him are Carol W. Greider (1961), Matt Cameron (1962), Johns Hopkins (1795), C. I. Lewis (1883), Richard Brooks (1912), and Langston Hughes (1902).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walter Tevis ranks 237. Before him are Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Nicholas Sparks (1965), William Moulton Marston (1893), Virginia Henderson (1897), and Frances Harper (1825). After him are Langston Hughes (1902), Audre Lorde (1934), Jane Jacobs (1916), Bernard Malamud (1914), Eugene Nida (1914), and Tom Wolfe (1930).

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