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Angela Carter

1940 - 1992

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Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angela Carter is the 2,879th most popular writer (up from 2,962nd in 2019), the 2,381st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,166th in 2019) and the 265th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Angela Carter ranks 2,879 out of 7,302. Before her are Wolfgang Iser, John Ashbery, Samad Vurgun, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Gasparo Contarini, and Aelred of Rievaulx. After her are Josef Škvorecký, Alexander Imich, Sæmundr fróði, Stefan Heym, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, and Abdullah Abdul Kadir.

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Among people born in 1940, Angela Carter ranks 209. Before her are Fleur Jaeggy, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Manfred Mann, Brian Bennett, Sandro Munari, and Berit Mørdre. After her are Marie-José Nat, Macha Méril, Helmut Jahn, Ali Nasir Muhammad, Christoph Blocher, and Wim Ruska. Among people deceased in 1992, Angela Carter ranks 122. Before her are Earle Meadows, László Benedek, Yang Kyoungjong, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Giovanni Colombo, and Mihailo Lalić. After her are Sylvain Arend, Hammer DeRoburt, Paul Henreid, Michel Berger, Emilio Recoba, and Gustav Lombard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Angela Carter ranks 2,381 out of 8,785. Before her are Alan Stacey (1933), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Raymond Williams (1921), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Emma Darwin (1808), and Aelred of Rievaulx (1110). After her are Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Carlo Acutis (1991), T. H. Marshall (1893), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), Cuthbert (635), and Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Angela Carter ranks 265. Before her are Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), John Evelyn (1620), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), and Aelred of Rievaulx (1110). After her are Michael Bond (1926), Vera Brittain (1893), Richard Hughes (1900), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Tom Sharpe (1928), and John Cleland (1709).

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