WRITER

Dodie Smith

1896 - 1990

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Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear Octopus (1938) and The Starlight Barking (1967). The Hundred and One Dalmatians was adapted into a 1961 animated film and a 1996 live-action film, both produced by Disney. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dodie Smith is the 3,088th most popular writer (down from 2,913th in 2019), the 2,526th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,142nd in 2019) and the 279th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Dodie Smith ranks 3,088 out of 7,302. Before her are Igor Gouzenko, Philotheus of Pskov, Charles Pinot Duclos, Elmore Leonard, Samuel Smiles, and Antoninus Liberalis. After her are Victoria Benedictsson, Can Xue, Breyten Breytenbach, Howard Fast, Alexey Troitsky, and John Edward Williams.

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Among people born in 1896, Dodie Smith ranks 138. Before her are Ira Gershwin, Nobuko Yoshiya, Robert Gerhard, Ramón Franco, Josephine Tey, and Aimo Lahti. After her are Alberto Demicheli, Maurice De Waele, Árpád Weisz, D. R. Bendre, Ken Myers, and Lester Germer. Among people deceased in 1990, Dodie Smith ranks 126. Before her are Štefan Čambal, Irene Dunne, Rashad Khalifa, Feng Youlan, Matvey Blanter, and Venedikt Yerofeyev. After her are Hans Freudenthal, Kelly Johnson, Dámaso Alonso, Gordon Jackson, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, and Aldo Fabrizi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dodie Smith ranks 2,527 out of 8,785. Before her are Bill Roberts (1912), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Solomon (1902), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Samuel Smiles (1812), and Jamie Dornan (1982). After her are Frederick Guthrie (1833), Nigel Hawthorne (1929), David Mumford (1937), Brian Naylor (1923), John William Draper (1811), and Joseph Lancaster (1778).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dodie Smith ranks 279. Before her are John Aubrey (1626), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Charlotte Smith (1749), Walter Pater (1839), Josephine Tey (1896), and Samuel Smiles (1812). After her are Jack Higgins (1929), Herbert Read (1893), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Joseph Delaney (1945), William Congreve (1670), and Edwin Arnold (1832).

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