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Barry Unsworth

1930 - 2012

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Barry Unsworth FRSL (10 August 1930 – 4 June 2012) was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Unsworth is the 6,343rd most popular writer (up from 6,395th in 2019), the 5,579th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,577th in 2019) and the 620th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Barry Unsworth ranks 6,343 out of 7,302Before him are Tsai Chih-chung, Ellen Glasgow, George Alec Effinger, Ananda Devi, Alvah Bessie, and Brian Jacques. After him are Cynthia Ozick, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, Gregory S. Paul, Thomas Beatie, Róža Domašcyna, and Robert Hughes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Barry Unsworth ranks 588Before him are Don Meineke, Sándor Csoóri, Jim Loscutoff, G. Gordon Liddy, Yuri Krylov, and Yves Delacour. After him are John Cullum, Satya Vrat Shastri, Mike Gravel, Andrew Sachs, Lorraine Hansberry, and Lajos Für. Among people deceased in 2012, Barry Unsworth ranks 445Before him are Stephen Dunham, Slater Martin, Elyse Knox, John Tchicai, Adam Yauch, and Keith Gardner. After him are Les Leston, Robert Hughes, Helen Gurley Brown, Dirk Bach, Mike Kelley, and Arthur Jensen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barry Unsworth ranks 5,581 out of 8,785Before him are Lucy Gordon (1980), Albert Ireton (1879), Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (1971), Paul Clement (1972), Robin Sachs (1951), and Brian Jacques (1939). After him are Les Leston (1920), Richard Bauckham (1946), Ryan Day (1980), Charlie Buchan (1891), David Kelly (1965), and Gerald Logan (1879).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barry Unsworth ranks 620Before him are Philip Massinger (1583), China Miéville (1972), Lascelles Abercrombie (1881), Alastair Reynolds (1966), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), and Brian Jacques (1939). After him are Isaac D'Israeli (1766), Angus Wilson (1913), Zadie Smith (1975), Alan Garner (1934), Susan Bassnett (1945), and Malcolm Bradbury (1932).