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Eleanor Catton

1985 - Today

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Eleanor Catton (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her award-winning debut novel, The Rehearsal, written as her Master's thesis, was published in 2008, and has been adapted into a 2016 film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eleanor Catton is the 7,178th most popular writer (down from 7,176th in 2019), the 1,211th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,171st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eleanor Catton ranks 7,178 out of 7,302Before her are Ottessa Moshfegh, Maggie Stiefvater, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Andrew Sean Greer, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Kelly Link. After her are Maarja Kangro, Craig Thomas, Laila Lalami, Shehan Karunatilaka, Espido Freire, and Mohsin Hamid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Eleanor Catton ranks 871Before her are Marvin Matip, Dmytro Grabovskyy, Carolina Bang, Ernestas Šetkus, Adolfo Machado, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. After her are Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Babanco, Haley Webb, Gaëtane Thiney, Chiaki Minamiyama, and Meagan Duhamel.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Eleanor Catton ranks 1,212 out of 1,622Before her are Corey Perry (1985), Cam Ward (1984), Noah Mills (1983), Dave Baksh (1980), Martha Wainwright (1976), and Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966). After her are Alexz Johnson (1986), Alice Glass (1988), Meagan Duhamel (1985), Olivier Occéan (1981), Laura Regan (1977), and Jean-Luc Bilodeau (1990).

Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Eleanor Catton ranks 53Before her are Robert C. Cooper (1968), Ed Greenwood (1959), Emily St. John Mandel (1979), Mavis Gallant (1922), Geoff Ryman (1951), and Anne Michaels (1958). After her are Anita Sarkeesian (1983), and Stephanie Savage (1969).