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Joe Orton

1933 - 1967

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John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967 committed by his partner, was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque refers to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Orton is the 5,816th most popular writer (down from 5,712th in 2019), the 4,793rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,452nd in 2019) and the 520th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Joe Orton ranks 5,816 out of 7,302. Before him are John Berryman, Brad Falchuk, Earl Derr Biggers, Guido Gozzano, Dafydd ap Gwilym, and Gardner Dozois. After him are José Amador de los Ríos, Ma Jian, Donald Richie, John Clare, Miquel-Lluís Muntané, and Vjenceslav Novak.

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Among people born in 1933, Joe Orton ranks 450. Before him are Penelope Lively, Tony Jay, William Blum, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Annie Easley, and Dušanka Sifnios. After him are Murray Halberg, Jonathan Penrose, Johannes Schaaf, Seydou Diarra, Boris Razinsky, and Ellen Winther. Among people deceased in 1967, Joe Orton ranks 252. Before him are Gaetano Martino, Anatoly Maltsev, Hans Reissner, Nathaniel Cartmell, Charles Darrow, and Anders Hylander. After him are Malcolm Sargent, Edward Givens, Simo Puupponen, Oliverio Girondo, Vladimir Sukachev, and Alice Lake.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Orton ranks 4,794 out of 8,785. Before him are Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), James Prinsep (1799), Topper Headon (1955), James Gibbs (1682), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), and Gordon Pirie (1931). After him are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Benjamin White (1997), Billy Bingham (1931), Alan Sugar (1947), and John Hopkinson (1849).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joe Orton ranks 520. Before him are Alfred Domett (1811), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Beryl Markham (1902), Charles Williams (1886), and Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320). After him are John Clare (1793), Arthur Symons (1865), Francis Chichester (1901), John Wain (1925), Mark Haddon (1962), and Lady Charlotte Guest (1812).

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