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Anthony Powell

1905 - 2000

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Anthony Dymoke Powell ( POH-əl; 21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) was an English novelist best known for his 12-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975. It is on the list of longest novels in English. Powell's major work has remained in print continuously and has been the subject of television and radio dramatisations. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Powell is the 6,073rd most popular writer (down from 5,901st in 2019), the 5,100th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,705th in 2019) and the 554th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Anthony Powell ranks 6,073 out of 7,302. Before her are Michael Swanwick, Maxine Kumin, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Gen Urobuchi, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, and Eldridge Cleaver. After her are Mary Lamb, Antonín Sova, Manuel Rojas, David Simon, Hugh Blair, and Waleed Al-Husseini.

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Among people born in 1905, Anthony Powell ranks 368. Before her are Bernhard Minetti, Herman Steiner, Georges Grignard, George Gulack, Erwin Keller, and Hale Asaf. After her are Rodolfo Choperena, Sam Zimbalist, Eddie Condon, Sheikh Abdullah, Enrico Rivolta, and Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan. Among people deceased in 2000, Anthony Powell ranks 314. Before her are Kirsty MacColl, Clifford Truesdell, Charles F. Hockett, Joan Hartigan, Noor Jehan, and Humberto Donoso. After her are Lewis Wilson, Diógenes Domínguez, Usha Mehta, Kurt Schmid, Paul Bartel, and Peter Dubovský.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Powell ranks 5,102 out of 8,785. Before her are Frederick E. Morgan (1894), James, Viscount Severn (2007), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Carol V. Robinson (1956), Lynsey de Paul (1948), and Æthelwold of Winchester (900). After her are Ernest Townsend (1880), Mary Lamb (1764), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), and Bob Gerard (1914).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Powell ranks 554. Before her are Thomas Warton (1728), Edmund Gosse (1849), Ali Smith (1962), Darren Shan (1972), Frances Wright (1795), and Julian Symons (1912). After her are Mary Lamb (1764), Hugh Blair (1718), Dora Marsden (1882), Stella Gibbons (1902), Emilia Lanier (1569), and Mina Loy (1882).

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