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Alan Sillitoe

1928 - 2010

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Alan Sillitoe FRSL (4 March 1928 – 25 April 2010) was an English writer and one of the so-called "angry young men" of the 1950s. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied. He is best known for his debut novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and his early short story "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", both of which were adapted into films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Sillitoe is the 3,326th most popular writer (down from 3,034th in 2019), the 2,688th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,215th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Alan Sillitoe ranks 3,326 out of 7,302. Before him are Léon-Paul Fargue, Ibn Zaydún, Anatoly Rybakov, Harold Russell, Christopher Robin Milne, and Butrus al-Bustani. After him are August Šenoa, Sohrab Sepehri, Salomėja Nėris, Antoine Furetière, Robert M. Pirsig, and Horace McCoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alan Sillitoe ranks 265. Before him are Nils Christie, Ara Güler, Frederick Stafford, Bella Davidovich, Jacques Dupont, and Hiroshi Nakajima. After him are Sohrab Sepehri, Robert M. Pirsig, Roald Aas, Annie Cordy, Ian Bannen, and Amata Kabua. Among people deceased in 2010, Alan Sillitoe ranks 180. Before him are Tom Bosley, Armand Razafindratandra, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Brian G. Marsden, Allan Sandage, and Larry Evans. After him are Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Egon Klepsch, Kevin McCarthy, Bernard Giraudeau, Beverly Aadland, and Paul Augustin Mayer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Sillitoe ranks 2,689 out of 8,785. Before him are John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gardner (1821), Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany (1426), Richard Wilson (1714), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), and Marjorie Bruce (1297). After him are Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Ken Armstrong (1924), Bill Slater (1927), Charles Lamb (1775), Tony Woodcock (1955), and Mel Collins (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alan Sillitoe ranks 303. Before him are Alasdair Gray (1934), David Gemmell (1948), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Richard Baxter (1615), Philip Kerr (1956), and Christopher Robin Milne (1920). After him are Charles Lamb (1775), Russell T Davies (1963), Ford Madox Ford (1873), E. Nesbit (1858), William Hope Hodgson (1877), and Frances Burney (1752).

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