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Alasdair Gray

1934 - 2019

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Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and the history of English and Scots literature. His works of fiction combine realism, fantasy, and science fiction with the use of his own typography and illustrations, and won several awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alasdair Gray is the 3,272nd most popular writer (down from 1,578th in 2019), the 2,657th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,221st in 2019) and the 297th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Alasdair Gray ranks 3,272 out of 7,302. Before her are Rutebeuf, Maksym Rylsky, Zora Neale Hurston, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Liviu Rebreanu, and Filippo Buonaccorsi. After her are Olena Pchilka, David Gemmell, Armen Ohanian, Bernhard Grzimek, Anselm Grün, and Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Alasdair Gray ranks 233. Before her are Oleg Kalugin, Horst Szymaniak, Ilaria Occhini, Julio Jiménez, Yasutaka Tsutsui, and Paco Ibáñez. After her are Zequinha, Uwe Johnson, Rico Rodriguez, Frank País, Paul Josef Cordes, and Del Shannon. Among people deceased in 2019, Alasdair Gray ranks 212. Before her are Girish Karnad, Egil Danielsen, Syd Mead, Ilaria Occhini, Ric Ocasek, and Guillaume Faye. After her are Rudi Gutendorf, Jacques Dupont, Camilo Sesto, Nanni Galli, Andrew G. Vajna, and María Baxa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alasdair Gray ranks 2,658 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), Frank Bridge (1879), Colin Clark (1905), Sarah Siddons (1755), Kelly Reilly (1977), and Thomas Hill (1829). After her are David Gemmell (1948), John Taylor (1960), Paul Freeman (1943), Andrew Robertson (1994), Maria Edgeworth (1768), and Sylvester McCoy (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alasdair Gray ranks 297. Before her are Susanna Hall (1583), Charles Kingsley (1819), Andrew Lang (1844), John Henry Mackay (1864), Eric Ambler (1909), and Robert Fisk (1946). After her are David Gemmell (1948), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Richard Baxter (1615), Philip Kerr (1956), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), and Alan Sillitoe (1928).

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