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Daphne du Maurier

1907 - 1989

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Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist. Although du Maurier is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daphne du Maurier is the 685th most popular writer (down from 637th in 2019), the 635th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 461st in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Writer.

Daphne du Maurier is most famous for her novel "Rebecca" which was published in 1938. The novel is about a young woman who marries a widower and moves into his estate, Manderley. The estate is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first wife of the widower.

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Among writers, Daphne du Maurier ranks 685 out of 7,302. Before her are Zecharia Sitchin, Olga Tokarczuk, Gerald Gardner, Pietro Metastasio, Ferenc Molnár, and Joseph Murphy. After her are Walter Raleigh, Frano Selak, Gregory of Narek, Vittoria Colonna, Maurice Blanchot, and Tyrtaeus.

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Among people born in 1907, Daphne du Maurier ranks 36. Before her are Lin Biao, Fred Zinnemann, Horst Wessel, John Bowlby, U Nu, and Giovanna of Italy. After her are Jacques Tati, Maurice Blanchot, Erich Mielke, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Dora Maar, and Hans Selye. Among people deceased in 1989, Daphne du Maurier ranks 33. Before her are Hu Yaobang, Sándor Márai, Thomas Bernhard, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Michel Aflaq, and John Hicks. After her are Hermann Oberth, William Shockley, John Cassavetes, Sugar Ray Robinson, Giuseppe Siri, and Danilo Kiš.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daphne du Maurier ranks 635 out of 8,785. Before her are Bernie Ecclestone (1930), G. H. Hardy (1877), Brook Taylor (1685), William Godwin (1756), Gerald Gardner (1884), and Trevor Howard (1913). After her are Walter Raleigh (1554), Nick Mason (1944), Angus Young (1955), Ron Dennis (1947), Bob Hoskins (1942), and Arthur Balfour (1848).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Daphne du Maurier ranks 66. Before her are Samuel Johnson (1709), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), A. J. Cronin (1896), Alexander Pope (1688), A. A. Milne (1882), and Gerald Gardner (1884). After her are Walter Raleigh (1554), Muriel Spark (1918), Matthew Lewis (1775), Patrick White (1912), Robert Burton (1577), and Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090).

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