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David Storey

1933 - 2017

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David Malcolm Storey (13 July 1933 – 27 March 2017) was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel Saville. He also won the MacMillan Fiction Award for This Sporting Life in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). David Storey is the 5,925th most popular writer (up from 6,008th in 2024), the 4,926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,861st in 2019) and the 537th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Storey ranks 5,925 out of 7,302. Before her are Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Samuel Benchetrit, Nikolay Rubtsov, Whittaker Chambers, Brigitte Kronauer, and Jules Roy. After her are Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, Fredrik Backman, David S. Goyer, Zoltán Ambrus, and Kristina Brenk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, David Storey ranks 464. Before her are Kathryn Crosby, Ahmed al-Senussi, Charles Vinci, Nicette Bruno, Ingrid Jonker, and Chris Lawrence. After her are Lou Albano, Constand Viljoen, Maigonis Valdmanis, Tom Price, Conway Twitty, and Ann Richards. Among people deceased in 2017, David Storey ranks 501. Before her are R. C. Sproul, Karel Schoeman, Horacio Guarany, Ahmed Kathrada, Peter Hall, and Roberto Cabañas. After her are Egon Günther, Uli Vos, Eugenio Bersellini, Türkân Akyol, Reinhold Durnthaler, and Ivan Koloff.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Storey ranks 4,927 out of 8,785. Before her are John Ballance (1839), Chris Lawrence (1933), Ed O'Brien (1968), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Archie Stark (1897), and Norma Varden (1898). After her are Hugh Gaitskell (1906), Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Charles Sheffield (1935), John Butler Yeats (1839), and Richard Overy (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Storey ranks 537. Before her are Susanna Clarke (1959), Frederick Rolfe (1860), Richard Hoggart (1918), Paula Yates (1959), Olivia Manning (1908), and Jacqueline Wilson (1945). After her are Sarah Waters (1966), Michael Drayton (1563), Tanith Lee (1947), John Gardner (1926), Anthony Shaffer (1926), and Iolo Morganwg (1747).

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