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Beryl Bainbridge

1932 - 2010

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Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. She won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996, and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She was described in 2007 as a national treasure. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beryl Bainbridge is the 6,191st most popular writer (down from 6,187th in 2019), the 5,291st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,162nd in 2019) and the 580th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Beryl Bainbridge ranks 6,191 out of 7,302. Before her are Lydie Salvayre, Susan Cooper, Kari Hotakainen, Ali Sardar Jafri, Joyce Cary, and Patricia A. McKillip. After her are Alberto Dines, Thomas Traherne, Éva Janikovszky, Meindert DeJong, Ahmad NikTalab, and Kerstin Gier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Beryl Bainbridge ranks 512. Before her are Kiril Rakarov, Kurt Schmid, Mikhail Ogonkov, Gaetano Starrabba, John Jakes, and Ahmet Berman. After her are Alberto Dines, Robert Spitzer, Coxsone Dodd, Edward Egan, Bailey Olter, and Mark Murphy. Among people deceased in 2010, Beryl Bainbridge ranks 405. Before her are Lionel Jeffries, Harry Siljander, Maureen Forrester, Joe Mantell, Ellis Clarke, and George Steinbrenner. After her are Peter Orlovsky, Ed Thigpen, Janet Simpson, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Daiki Sato, and Corey Allen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Beryl Bainbridge ranks 5,293 out of 8,785. Before her are Nicola Sturgeon (1970), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Joe Meek (1929), Joyce Cary (1888), Euphemia de Ross (1333), and Mark Lester (1958). After her are Leeroy Thornhill (1968), Muriel Pavlow (1921), Eleanor Bron (1938), Bunny Austin (1906), Thomas Traherne (1636), and Scott Speedman (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Beryl Bainbridge ranks 580. Before her are Philippa Pearce (1920), Sidney Lee (1859), Hannah More (1745), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Susan Cooper (1935), and Joyce Cary (1888). After her are Thomas Traherne (1636), Julia Donaldson (1948), Nigella Lawson (1960), Christopher Fry (1907), Piers Anthony (1934), and Howard Jacobson (1942).

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