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Barbara Pym

1913 - 1980

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Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (2 June 1913 – 11 January 1980) was an English novelist. In the 1950s she published a series of social comedies, of which the best known are Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958). In 1977 her career was revived when the critic Lord David Cecil and the poet Philip Larkin both nominated her as the most underrated writer of the century. Her novel Quartet in Autumn (1977) was nominated for the Booker Prize that year, and she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Pym is the 6,312th most popular writer (down from 6,241st in 2019), the 5,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,273rd in 2019) and the 609th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Barbara Pym ranks 6,312 out of 7,302. Before her are Hammond Innes, Abby Mann, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Eric Van Lustbader, Sheila Jeffreys, and Andrew Davies. After her are Vikram Seth, Karin Alvtegen, John Clellon Holmes, Christopher Smart, Rosa María Britton, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Barbara Pym ranks 392. Before her are Macdonald Carey, Harold J. Stone, Bill Thompson, Jack Ragland, Roger Laurent, and Hammond Innes. After her are Robert Lowery, Angus Wilson, Jack Fairman, Frans Peeraer, Peter Glenville, and Duane Swanson. Among people deceased in 1980, Barbara Pym ranks 293. Before her are Hans Wetterström, Barney Bigard, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Elliott Nugent, Pietro Genovesi, and George Tobias. After her are Peter Broeker, Lillian Randolph, Herbert Flam, Sahir Ludhianvi, Erle C. Kenton, and Carmel Myers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Pym ranks 5,519 out of 8,785. Before her are Tony Pulis (1958), Hammond Innes (1913), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), Ann Lee (1967), Charles James Napier (1782), and Andrew Davies (1936). After her are Ellen MacArthur (1976), Fanny Kemble (1809), Sam Ryder (1989), Christopher Smart (1722), Jonny Evans (1988), and Toby Kebbell (1982).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barbara Pym ranks 609. Before her are Richard K. Morgan (1965), Polly Samson (1962), Brian Stableford (1948), Hammond Innes (1913), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), and Andrew Davies (1936). After her are Christopher Smart (1722), Max Hastings (1945), Thomas Lodge (1558), J. G. Farrell (1935), Philip Massinger (1583), and China Miéville (1972).

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