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John Brunner

1934 - 1995

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John Kilian Houston Brunner (24 September 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA Award the same year. The Jagged Orbit won the BSFA Award in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Brunner is the 1,558th most popular writer (up from 3,273rd in 2019), the 1,411th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,365th in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Brunner ranks 1,558 out of 7,302. Before him are Augusto Roa Bastos, Chernorizets Hrabar, Heiner Müller, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, and Banine. After him are Shammai, Felice Romani, Joseph Karo, Forough Farrokhzad, Lina Heydrich, and Al-Khansa.

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Among people born in 1934, John Brunner ranks 113. Before him are Valentin Ivanov, Fredric Jameson, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Per Olov Enquist, Miguel de la Madrid, and Khun Sa. After him are Dionigi Tettamanzi, Tony Hoare, James Sikking, Robert Moog, Julius Darmaatmadja, and Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan. Among people deceased in 1995, John Brunner ranks 72. Before him are Elizabeth Montgomery, Priscilla Lane, Nathan Rosen, Mehdi Bazargan, Heiner Müller, and Jeremy Brett. After him are Takeo Fukuda, Georges Canguilhem, Lola Flores, Joseph Needham, Eileen Chang, and Chen Yun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Brunner ranks 1,411 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Burke (1937), Bill Shankly (1913), Liam Payne (1993), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Richard Lovelace (1617), and Jeremy Brett (1933). After him are Angus Deaton (1945), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Zayn Malik (1993), Alan Moore (1953), Julia Ormond (1965), and John McLaughlin (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Brunner ranks 150. Before him are Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Kate Atkinson (1951), Seamus Heaney (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), and Richard Lovelace (1617). After him are Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Neil Gaiman (1960), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Joseph Needham (1900), Caroline Graham (1931), and Mary Berry (1935).

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