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Ali Smith

1962 - Today

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Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Smith is the 6,035th most popular writer (down from 5,382nd in 2019), the 5,055th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,084th in 2019) and the 550th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ali Smith ranks 6,035 out of 7,302. Before her are Eva Ström, Sándor Bródy, Vladimir Tendryakov, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Francis Marion Crawford, and Ferreira de Castro. After her are Amy Tan, Can Dündar, Yury Kazakov, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nedim Gürsel, and Nicholas Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ali Smith ranks 417. Before her are Sabine Busch, Pam Shriver, David Arnold, Toshihiko Seki, Sergio Casal, and Steve Albini. After her are Donato Gama da Silva, Arnaud Montebourg, Colin Clarke, Janine Turner, José M. Hernández, and David Koechner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ali Smith ranks 5,057 out of 8,785. Before her are Lily Allen (1985), Henry Hyndman (1842), Ray Kennedy (1951), Teddy Sinclair (1986), Colin Greenwood (1969), and Taylor Wane (1968). After her are Adam Godley (1964), Rupert Holmes (1947), Paul Nihill (1939), Samuel Hearne (1745), Richie Hawtin (1970), and Matthew Lewis (1989).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ali Smith ranks 550. Before her are Dan Houser (1974), Antonia Fraser (1932), Thomas Campbell (1777), Thomas Heywood (1574), Thomas Warton (1728), and Edmund Gosse (1849). After her are Darren Shan (1972), Frances Wright (1795), Julian Symons (1912), Anthony Powell (1905), Mary Lamb (1764), and Hugh Blair (1718).

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