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Anne Tyler

1941 - Today

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Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-five novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982), The Accidental Tourist (1985), and Breathing Lessons (1988). All three were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Breathing Lessons won the prize in 1989. She has also won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Tyler is the 4,268th most popular writer (down from 3,195th in 2019), the 6,320th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,059th in 2019) and the 479th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Tyler ranks 4,268 out of 7,302. Before her are Konstantin Batyushkov, Marietta Shaginyan, Konstantin Aksakov, Sándor Weöres, Hadiya Davletshina, and Lyuben Karavelov. After her are Emmanuel Roblès, Pauline Kael, William Gaddis, Samih al-Qasim, Thorkild Hansen, and Margaret Weis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Anne Tyler ranks 360. Before her are Abel Matutes, Rosa Maria Sardà, Kaspar Villiger, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Youcef Yousfi, and Neelie Kroes. After her are Mario Perniola, Danny Davis, John Steiner, Vitaly Solomin, Ana Maria Machado, and Armand Forcherio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anne Tyler ranks 6,321 out of 20,380. Before her are Jon Brion (1963), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), Edie Falco (1963), Joseph Keller (1923), Carmen Barth (1912), and Caroline Smith (1906). After her are Grant Green (1935), Carl Scarborough (1914), Pauline Kael (1919), Kathy Ellis (1946), James Blake (1979), and William Gaddis (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Anne Tyler ranks 479. Before her are Thomas Berger (1924), Ida B. Wells (1862), Tobias Wolff (1945), Robert Ettinger (1918), Glen A. Larson (1937), and Marilynne Robinson (1943). After her are Pauline Kael (1919), William Gaddis (1922), Margaret Weis (1948), Hal Clement (1922), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), and Art Buchwald (1925).

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