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Dorothy L. Sayers

1893 - 1957

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Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( SAIRZ; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first class honours in medieval French. She worked as an advertising copywriter between 1922 and 1929 before success as an author brought her financial independence. Her first novel, Whose Body?, was published in 1923. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy L. Sayers is the 1,942nd most popular writer (up from 2,437th in 2019), the 1,719th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,798th in 2019) and the 186th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Dorothy L. Sayers ranks 1,942 out of 7,302. Before her are Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Maria Shriver, Eustache Deschamps, Jean Paulhan, Ludwig Uhland, and Sanai. After her are Emmanuel Carrère, Nicanor Parra, Laura Mancinelli, Mikhail Artsybashev, Fredrika Bremer, and Ippolita Maria Sforza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Dorothy L. Sayers ranks 92. Before her are Bai Chongxi, Jean Absil, Merian C. Cooper, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Gaston Julia, and Nestor Lakoba. After her are Clark Ashton Smith, William Moulton Marston, Mina Witkojc, Alfréd Schaffer, Gillis Grafström, and Alois Hába. Among people deceased in 1957, Dorothy L. Sayers ranks 79. Before her are Jack Butler Yeats, Soemu Toyoda, Josef Lada, Shūmei Ōkawa, Álvaro Gestido, and Rudolf Schmidt. After her are Pedro Infante, Josef Hofmann, Washington Luís, Zhou Xuan, Rezső Kasztner, and Paul Walden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dorothy L. Sayers ranks 1,719 out of 8,785. Before her are Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Eddie the Eagle (1963), Mary Norton (1903), and Ian Wilmut (1944). After her are John Newton (1725), Christine McVie (1943), Harriet Martineau (1802), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), and Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dorothy L. Sayers ranks 186. Before her are Arthur Machen (1863), John Farey Sr. (1766), Renée Vivien (1877), Robert Faurisson (1929), A. S. Byatt (1936), and Mary Norton (1903). After her are James Murray (1837), Thomas Kyd (1558), James Herriot (1916), Robert Southey (1774), George Meredith (1828), and Robert Chambers (1802).

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