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All-time leader60.8Isaac Asimov
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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2nd57.1 · mom 15

Isaac Asimov

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1st60.8 · mom 7

Arthur Miller

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3rd57.0
Isaac Asimov leads this board.

All-time score 60.8, ahead of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn by 3.7.

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  1. 4thHeinrich BöllWriters55.9
  2. 5thDoris LessingWriters54.7
  3. 6thArthur C. ClarkeWriters54.3
  4. 7thCamilo José CelaWriters54.1
  5. 8thSaul BellowWriters53.0
  6. 9thTruman CapoteWriters52.4
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryAll-time
10th, stableRay BradburyWriters · 1920-2012United StatesUnited StatesWriters52.2mom 011th, stableJ. D. SalingerWriters · 1919-2010United StatesUnited StatesWriters52.0mom 412th, risingNadine GordimerWriters · 1923-2014South AfricaSouth AfricaWriters50.7mom 513th, stablePier Paolo PasoliniWriters · 1922-1975ItalyItalyWriters50.7mom 014th, fallingFrank HerbertWriters · 1920-1986United StatesUnited StatesWriters49.7mom 015th, stableKurt VonnegutWriters · 1922-2007United StatesUnited StatesWriters49.6mom 216th, stableNorman MailerWriters · 1923-2007United StatesUnited StatesWriters49.2mom 117th, stableFriedrich DürrenmattWriters · 1921-1990SwitzerlandSwitzerlandWriters48.8mom 318th, risingRoald DahlWriters · 1916-1990NorwayNorwayWriters47.9mom 519th, stableJames BaldwinWriters · 1924-1987United StatesUnited StatesWriters47.4mom 020th, stableKonstantin SimonovWriters · 1915-1979Writers46.3mom 221st, stableBoris VianWriters · 1920-1959FranceFranceWriters45.8mom 1

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