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Fay Weldon

1931 - 2023

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Fay Weldon (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was an English author, essayist and playwright. Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including Puffball (1980), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989), Wicked Women (1995) and The Bulgari Connection (2000), but was most well-known as the writer of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983) which was televised by the BBC in 1986. Married three times and with four children, Weldon was a feminist. Her work features what she described as "overweight, plain women". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fay Weldon is the 4,993rd most popular writer (down from 4,056th in 2019), the 3,934th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,913th in 2019) and the 424th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Fay Weldon ranks 4,993 out of 7,302. Before her are Kjell Espmark, George Borrow, Jamaica Kincaid, Gonzalo Rojas, Mordecai Kaplan, and Kārlis Skalbe. After her are Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Robert B. Parker, William Dean Howells, Eduard Bagritsky, Ranko Marinković, and Manuel Alegre.

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Among people born in 1931, Fay Weldon ranks 406. Before her are Shirley Verrett, Ferenc Szojka, Ángel Atienza, Luciano Tesi, Mordecai Richler, and Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. After her are Giovanni Zucchi, Regis Philbin, David Cherkassky, Thorvald Strömberg, Paul Halla, and Mirja Hietamies. Among people deceased in 2023, Fay Weldon ranks 375. Before her are Domingo Perurena, Fathima Beevi, Karol J. Bobko, Remigijus Valiulis, Albert Eschenmoser, and Bob Barker. After her are Aracy Balabanian, Peter Brötzmann, Bernard Morel, Heinrich Messner, Richard Lynn, and Pedro Solbes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fay Weldon ranks 3,935 out of 8,785. Before her are Andy Bown (1946), Bob Fitzsimmons (1863), Ian Hunter (1939), Emma Kirkby (1949), George Borrow (1803), and Eddie Marsan (1968). After her are David MacMillan (1968), Ian Abercrombie (1934), Henry Daniell (1894), Peter Whitehead (1914), Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1897), and Grace Chisholm Young (1868).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Fay Weldon ranks 424. Before her are Alex Garland (1970), Eva Crane (1912), Anna Löwenstein (1951), Cynewulf (900), W. W. Jacobs (1863), and George Borrow (1803). After her are Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Richard Bentley (1662), Nicholas Evans (1950), and Kim Newman (1959).

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