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David Hare

1947 - Today

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Sir David Rippon Hare (born 5 June 1947) is an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. Best known for his stage work, Hare has also enjoyed great success with films, receiving two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing The Hours in 2002, based on the novel by Michael Cunningham, and The Reader in 2008, based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink. In the West End, he had his greatest success with the plays Plenty (1978), which he adapted into a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep, Racing Demon (1990), Skylight (1997), and Amy's View (1998). The four plays ran on Broadway in 1982–83, 1996, 1998 and 1999 respectively, earning Hare three Tony Award nominations for Best Play for the first three and two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best New Play. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Hare is the 6,859th most popular writer (down from 6,736th in 2019), the 6,534th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,196th in 2019) and the 718th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, David Hare ranks 6,859 out of 7,302. Before him are Erik Möller, James Gleick, Alexis Jenni, Vicenç Pagès, Mark Z. Danielewski, and Julia Franck. After him are Edwin Morgan, Chenjerai Hove, William Gilmore Simms, James T. Farrell, Rahat Indori, and Nic Pizzolatto.

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Among people born in 1947, David Hare ranks 877. Before him are Federico Peña, Mona Marshall, Eliot Engel, Carlos Ezquerra, Togiola Tulafono, and Laura Tyson. After him are Maddy Prior, Haley Barbour, Donna de Varona, Christine Gregoire, Allan Lichtman, and Larry Norman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hare ranks 6,536 out of 8,785. Before him are Cecil Sharp (1859), Daniel Howell (1991), Christopher Malcolm (1946), Gary Stevens (1962), George McCartney (1981), and Jimmy Carr (1972). After him are Sandy Jardine (1948), Steve Redgrave (1962), Dora Bryan (1923), Derek Redmond (1965), Sajid Javid (1969), and George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Hare ranks 718. Before him are Al Alvarez (1929), Kate Mosse (1961), Heston Blumenthal (1966), Jo Walton (1964), Robert Bridges (1844), and Owen Jones (1984). After him are Edwin Morgan (1920), Laurie Lee (1914), Charley Boorman (1966), Noel Streatfeild (1895), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), and Helen Dunmore (1952).

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