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A. S. Byatt

1936 - 2023

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (née Drabble; 24 August 1936 – 16 November 2023), known professionally by her former married name, A. S. Byatt ( BY-ət), was an English critic, novelist, poet and short-story writer. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages. After attending the University of Cambridge, she married in 1959 and moved to Durham. It was during Byatt's time at university that she began working on her first two novels, subsequently published by Chatto & Windus as Shadow of a Sun (1964; reprinted in 1991 with its originally intended title, The Shadow of the Sun) and The Game (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. S. Byatt is the 1,918th most popular writer (down from 1,646th in 2019), the 1,709th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,260th in 2019) and the 184th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, A. S. Byatt ranks 1,918 out of 7,302. Before her are Magnús Scheving, Paul Gerhardt, Bella Akhmadulina, John Barth, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Petar Kočić. After her are Naftali Herz Imber, Isaac Titsingh, Azar Nafisi, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Christian Jacq, and Arseny Tarkovsky.

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Among people born in 1936, A. S. Byatt ranks 146. Before her are Nino Castelnuovo, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Omar Suleiman, Roger Whittaker, Horst Mahler, and Dan Inosanto. After her are Harry Bild, Adolfo Nicolás, Klaus Kinkel, Théo Sarapo, Alejandra Pizarnik, and David Yonggi Cho. Among people deceased in 2023, A. S. Byatt ranks 118. Before her are Ruslan Khasbulatov, Matteo Messina Denaro, Roger Whittaker, Antonella Lualdi, Lee Sun-kyun, and Marisa Pavan. After her are Tim Keller, Ian Wilmut, Gaston Glock, Kevin Mitnick, Thomas Williams, and Martin Davis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. S. Byatt ranks 1,709 out of 8,785. Before her are Harold Shipman (1946), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Rupert Everett (1959), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Robert Hardy (1925), and Charles Joughin (1878). After her are Henry Bird (1830), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Michael Dummett (1925), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), and Richard of Saint Victor (1110).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, A. S. Byatt ranks 184. Before her are John Christopher (1922), Hugh Lofting (1886), Arthur Machen (1863), John Farey Sr. (1766), Renée Vivien (1877), and Robert Faurisson (1929). After her are Mary Norton (1903), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), James Murray (1837), Thomas Kyd (1558), James Herriot (1916), and Robert Southey (1774).

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