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Claire Keegan

1968 - Today

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Claire Keegan (born 1968) is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Claire Keegan is the 6,475th most popular writer (up from 6,775th in 2024), the 363rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 397th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claire Keegan ranks 6,475 out of 7,302Before her are Frank Harris, Thomas Hood, Cecelia Ahern, Chingiz Abdullayev, Arthur Laurents, and Rachel Cusk. After her are Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Ted Tally, George MacDonald Fraser, Thomas Hughes, Janne Teller, and Akif Pirinçci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Claire Keegan ranks 463Before her are McG, Pavel Srníček, Hiroshi Maeue, Dmitri Kharine, Knut Holmann, and Álex Aguinaga. After her are Danni Ashe, Hisashi Kurosaki, C. J. Hunter, Shin-ichiro Miki, Donna D'Errico, and S. J. Suryah.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Claire Keegan ranks 363 out of 549Before her are Sally Rooney (1991), Dave Allen (1936), Denis Irwin (1965), Seán Lemass (1899), Frank Harris (1856), and Cecelia Ahern (1981). After her are Damien Duff (1979), Barry Keoghan (1992), Brían F. O'Byrne (1967), James Mitchel (1864), Edward Donovan (1768), and Henry John Stephen Smith (1826).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Claire Keegan ranks 50Before her are Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Colum McCann (1965), Roddy Doyle (1958), Sally Rooney (1991), Frank Harris (1856), and Cecelia Ahern (1981). After her are James Mason (1849), Anne Enright (1962), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Thomas MacDonagh (1878), and Padraic Colum (1881).