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C. S. Forester

1899 - 1966

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Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Other works include The African Queen and The Good Shepherd, both of which were later adapted as movies. During World War II, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked for the British Ministry of Information, writing propaganda for the Allied cause. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. S. Forester is the 3,405th most popular writer (down from 3,194th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 413th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, C. S. Forester ranks 3,405 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas of Britain, Abu Firas al-Hamdani, William of Jumièges, Nazik Al-Malaika, Isabella di Morra, and Charles de Saint-Évremond. After him are Alessandro Tassoni, Corrado Alvaro, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Ephraim Chambers, Hiromi Kawakami, and Jean-François Revel.

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Among people born in 1899, C. S. Forester ranks 167. Before him are Leo Borchard, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Armand Salacrou, Günther Pancke, Silvestre Revueltas, and Yury Olesha. After him are Rudolf Svensson, Bo Lindman, Aleksandr Deyneka, Carlo Rosselli, Otto E. Neugebauer, and Nevil Shute. Among people deceased in 1966, C. S. Forester ranks 119. Before him are Agostinho Fortes Filho, Natacha Rambova, Julie Manet, Vicente Rojo Lluch, Joe Spence, and Erich Pommer. After him are Anna Langfus, Arthur Waley, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Alfred Berger, Nikolay Cherkasov, and Joseph A. Walker.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, C. S. Forester ranks 419 out of 642. Before him are Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), Khalid al-Islambouli (1955), Saad el-Shazly (1922), Yahya of Antioch (980), Apion (-30), and Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874). After him are Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413), Pope Theonas of Alexandria (300), Hind Rostom (1929), Pope John I of Alexandria (450), and Guy Béart (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, C. S. Forester ranks 37. Before him are Doria Shafik (1908), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Farag Foda (1946), Apion (-30), and Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874). After him are Aisha Taymur (1840), Albert Cossery (1913), Alaa Al Aswany (1957), André Aciman (1951), Georges Schehadé (1905), and Hafez Ibrahim (1872).

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