Schriftsteller

Colin Dexter

1930 - 2017

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Norman Colin Dexter OBE (* 29. September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire; † 21. März 2017 in Oxford) war ein britischer Schriftsteller von Kriminalromanen, in denen seine Hauptfigur Inspector Morse auf zuweilen ungewöhnliche Weise seine Fälle löste. Motive aus seinen Romanen bilden die Grundlage für drei britische Fernsehserien: Inspektor Morse – Mordkommission Oxford, Der junge Inspektor Morse und Lewis – Der Oxford Krimi. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Dexter is the 1,794th most popular schriftsteller (down from 1,467th in 2024), the 1,607th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,112th in 2019) and the 170th most popular British Schriftsteller.

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Among Schriftstellers

Among schriftstellers, Colin Dexter ranks 1,794 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas of Celano, Julien Gracq, Adam Zagajewski, Gabriel Naudé, Ibn Kemal, and Lilya Brik. After him are Juan Carlos Onetti, Gaius Julius Solinus, Yaşar Kemal, Slavenka Drakulić, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, and Li He.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Colin Dexter ranks 139. Before him are John Romita Sr., Eugenio Castellotti, Igor Netto, Ornette Coleman, Michel Rocard, and Irinej, Serbian Patriarch. After him are Jasper Johns, Ted Hughes, Miljan Miljanić, Dave Sexton, Son Sen, and Ken Naganuma. Among people deceased in 2017, Colin Dexter ranks 116. Before him are Mustafa Tlass, Manuel Marín, Christine Kaufmann, Jannis Kounellis, Charles Bachman, and Tsutomu Hata. After him are Joachim Meisner, Karin Dor, Don Rickles, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Luis Bacalov, and George Young.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 1,607 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Addison (1793), John Powell (1963), Gerry Byrne (1938), Ricky Gervais (1961), Thomas Arne (1710), and Frank Lampard (1978). After him are Michael Redgrave (1908), Chris Patten (1944), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Alan Shearer (1970), and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612).

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Among Schriftstellers In United Kingdom

Among schriftstellers born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 170. Before him are Robert Harris (1957), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Edward Lear (1812), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Aphra Behn (1640). After him are Ted Hughes (1930), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Peter Shaffer (1926), Anthony Trollope (1815), Lucinda Riley (1965), and Walafrid Strabo (808).

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