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Anthony Burgess

1917 - 1993

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John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. In 1971, it was adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Burgess produced a number of other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Burgess is the 559th most popular writer (down from 506th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 360th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Writer.

Anthony Burgess is most famous for his novel, A Clockwork Orange.

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Among writers, Anthony Burgess ranks 559 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert A. Heinlein, Alice Munro, Yunus Emre, Henry IV of Castile, Matilde Camus, and Elie Wiesel. After him are Tom Clancy, James Hilton, Salvatore Quasimodo, Beatrix Potter, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Sayat-Nova.

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Among people born in 1917, Anthony Burgess ranks 26. Before him are Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, Joan Clarke, John Cornforth, Robert Burns Woodward, and Kenan Evren. After him are Donald Davidson, Sidney Sheldon, Leonid Hurwicz, Óscar Romero, Andrew Huxley, and William Standish Knowles. Among people deceased in 1993, Anthony Burgess ranks 16. Before him are Frank Zappa, Turgut Özal, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Polykarp Kusch, and Inge Lehmann. After him are André the Giant, Robert W. Holley, Bobby Moore, Wolfgang Paul, Brandon Lee, and Kōbō Abe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Burgess ranks 502 out of 8,785. Before him are Ralph Fiennes (1962), Angela Lansbury (1925), George Reid (1845), Malcolm McDowell (1943), Billy Wright (1924), and Michael Houghton (1949). After him are James Hilton (1900), Jackie Stewart (1939), Richard Wright (1943), Arthur Eddington (1882), Andrew Irvine (1902), and Howard Staunton (1810).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Burgess ranks 52. Before him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), Thomas Paine (1737), G. K. Chesterton (1874), J. M. Barrie (1860), Enid Blyton (1897), and Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849). After him are James Hilton (1900), Beatrix Potter (1866), Frederick Forsyth (1938), John Donne (1572), George Eliot (1819), and Robert Burns (1759).

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