WRITER

Alan Hollinghurst

1954 - Today

Alan Hollinghurst

Sir Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2004, he won the Booker Prize for his novel The Line of Beauty. Hollinghurst is credited with having helped gay-themed fiction to break into the literary mainstream through his seven novels since 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Hollinghurst is the 6,409th most popular writer (down from 6,188th in 2019), the 5,700th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,169th in 2019) and the 636th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 6,409 out of 7,302. Before him are Renate Dorrestein, Sonja Åkesson, Joel Barlow, Kamel Daoud, Reginald Hill, and Nabaneeta Dev Sen. After him are William Empson, Robert Cormier, Michel Faber, Oles Buzina, Denise Levertov, and Kate Morton.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Renate Dorrestein
1954 - 2018
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 6,403
Sonja Åkesson
1926 - 1977
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 6,404
Joel Barlow
1754 - 1812
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 6,405
Kamel Daoud
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 6,406
Reginald Hill
1936 - 2012
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 6,407
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
1938 - 2019
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 6,408
Alan Hollinghurst
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 6,409
William Empson
1906 - 1984
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 6,410
Robert Cormier
1925 - 2000
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 6,411
Michel Faber
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 6,412
Oles Buzina
1969 - 2015
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 6,413
Denise Levertov
1923 - 1997
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 6,414
Kate Morton
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 6,415

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 586. Before him are Yuli Tamir, Zoltán Sztanity, Katharine Jefferts Schori, Kevin Warwick, Renate Dorrestein, and Barbara Prammer. After him are Eugenio Leal, Dan Butler, Hartmut Schade, Muammar Z.A., Clark Johnson, and Zdeněk Šreiner.

Others Born in 1954

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Yuli Tamir
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 580
Zoltán Sztanity
ATHLETE
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 581
Katharine Jefferts Schori
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 582
Kevin Warwick
ENGINEER
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 583
Renate Dorrestein
WRITER
1954 - 2018
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 584
Barbara Prammer
POLITICIAN
1954 - 2014
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 585
Alan Hollinghurst
WRITER
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 586
Eugenio Leal
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 587
Dan Butler
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 588
Hartmut Schade
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 589
Muammar Z.A.
CELEBRITY
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 590
Clark Johnson
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 591
Zdeněk Šreiner
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - 2017
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 592