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Emma Donoghue

1969 - Today

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Emma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emma Donoghue is the 7,000th most popular writer (down from 6,723rd in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 388th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Emma Donoghue ranks 7,000 out of 7,302Before her are Doris Kareva, Elena Milashina, John Mortimer, Carl Frode Tiller, Claudia Amengual, and Haddy N'jie. After her are Jasodhara Bagchi, Dima Khatib, Joumana Haddad, Marcel Beyer, Ken MacLeod, and Irshad Manji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Emma Donoghue ranks 786Before her are Artur Partyka, Michelle Clunie, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Gabriel Vidal, Claudia Amengual, and Abdullah Al-Dosari. After her are Tetsuo Nakanishi, Bryan Fuller, Masta Killa, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Kim Batten, and Patrick Chila.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Emma Donoghue ranks 436 out of 549Before her are Mary Black (1955), John Moore (1970), Ronnie Whelan (1961), Nicola Coughlan (1987), Francis Magee (1959), and Angela Farrell (1952). After her are Eve Hewson (1991), Thomas Francis Meagher (1823), Mary Lou McDonald (1969), Andy Reid (1982), Kian Egan (1980), and Sarah Bolger (1991).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Emma Donoghue ranks 60Before her are Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Thomas MacDonagh (1878), Padraic Colum (1881), Michael Davitt (1846), Marian Keyes (1963), and William Allingham (1824). After her are Patrick McCabe (1955), and Stefan Molyneux (1966).