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Anna Burns

1962 - Today

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Anna Burns FRSL (born 7 March 1962) is an author from Northern Ireland. Her novel Milkman won the 2018 Booker Prize, the 2019 Orwell Prize for political fiction, and the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Burns is the 6,580th most popular writer (up from 6,975th in 2019), the 6,043rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,640th in 2019) and the 675th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anna Burns ranks 6,580 out of 7,302Before her are Philip G. Epstein, Ornela Vorpsi, Brian Moore, Khosiyat Rustam, James Lipton, and Sabina Berman. After her are Frederica Sagor Maas, Ann Oakley, Melissa Rosenberg, Oliver La Farge, Thomas Shadwell, and Abdellah Taïa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Anna Burns ranks 583Before her are Tõnu Õnnepalu, Eric Allan Kramer, Mirsad Baljić, Marioara Popescu, Trinidad Jiménez, and Redžep Redžepovski. After her are Hussein Farrah Aidid, Bruno Todeschini, Melissa Rosenberg, Miki Itō, Rodica Arba, and Vincenzo Maenza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anna Burns ranks 6,045 out of 8,785Before her are Stuart Bingham (1976), Emily Bergl (1975), Josh Herdman (1987), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), Stuart Christie (1946), and Anthony Davidson (1979). After her are Andrew Morton (1959), Abraham Beame (1906), Ledley King (1980), Micah Richards (1988), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), and Sasha (1969).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anna Burns ranks 675Before her are Samuel Daniel (1562), John Lydgate (1370), George Farquhar (1677), Nina Bawden (1925), William Wycherley (1640), and Brian Moore (1921). After her are Ann Oakley (1944), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Catherine Cookson (1906), William Collins (1721), Derek Taylor (1932), and Alfred Austin (1835).