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Zoe Akins

1886 - 1958

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Zoe Byrd Akins (October 30, 1886 – October 29, 1958) was an American playwright, poet, and author. She won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for drama for The Old Maid. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zoe Akins is the 3,826th most popular writer (up from 6,748th in 2019), the 5,540th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,759th in 2019) and the 439th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zoe Akins ranks 3,826 out of 7,302Before her are Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Charles Blanc, Ryhor Baradulin, Nancy Mitford, Halina Konopacka, and Jean Echenoz. After her are Ruben Sevak, Sara Teasdale, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Elias Khoury, Justinas Marcinkevičius, and Milán Füst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Zoe Akins ranks 186Before her are Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Rose Wilder Lane, Kurt Hahn, Felix Timmermans, Ernest Burgess, and Johnny Hayes. After her are Boris Eikhenbaum, Hella Wuolijoki, Kid Ory, Robert Andersson, Ludwig Bieberbach, and Frank Irons. Among people deceased in 1958, Zoe Akins ranks 107Before her are Evgeny Schwartz, Max Jakob Friedländer, Vittorio Ambrosio, Mike Todd, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, and Karl Arnold. After her are Douglas Hartree, Lydia Lipkowska, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Artur Rodziński, Marcel Cachin, and Bart van der Leck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zoe Akins ranks 5,540 out of 20,380Before her are Dorothy Lamour (1914), Dennis Franz (1944), Lindsey Vonn (1984), Vince Neil (1961), Harry Edison (1915), and Sam Francis (1923). After her are Harry Langdon (1884), John Kuck (1905), E-40 (1967), Tony Visconti (1944), Nate Thurmond (1941), and Charles Demuth (1883).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Zoe Akins ranks 439Before her are V. C. Andrews (1923), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Murray Leinster (1896), Donald Barthelme (1931), Marianne Moore (1887), and Bill Bryson (1951). After her are Sara Teasdale (1884), Delia Owens (1949), Greg Bear (1951), David Brin (1950), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), and Charles Grandison Finney (1792).