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Anne Enright

1962 - Today

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Anne Teresa Enright (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish writer. The first Laureate for Irish Fiction (2015–2018) and winner of the Man Booker Prize (2007), she has published eight novels, many short stories, and a non-fiction work called Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, about the birth of her two children. Her essays on literary themes have appeared in the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books, and she writes for the books pages of The Irish Times and The Guardian. Her fiction explores themes such as family, love, identity and motherhood. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Anne Enright is the 6,572nd most popular writer (up from 6,833rd in 2024), the 373rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 408th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Irish Writer.

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Among people born in 1962, Anne Enright ranks 614. Before her are Chalermpol Malakham, James Sie, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Iosif Rotariu, Kristy McNichol, Vegard Opaas, and Dragan Mance. After her are He Zhiwen, Tõnu Õnnepalu, Eric Allan Kramer, Mirsad Baljić, and Marioara Popescu.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Anne Enright ranks 373 out of 549. Before her are James Mitchel (1864), Edward Donovan (1768), Henry John Stephen Smith (1826), Edward Barrett (1877), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), and James Mason (1849). After her are Leo Varadkar (1979), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), Orla Brady (1961), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), and T. P. McKenna (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Anne Enright ranks 52. Before her are Roddy Doyle (1958), Sally Rooney (1991), Frank Harris (1856), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Claire Keegan (1968), and James Mason (1849). After her are Terence MacSwiney (1879), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Thomas MacDonagh (1878), Padraic Colum (1881), Michael Davitt (1846), and Paul Lynch (1977).

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