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John Fowles

1926 - 2005

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John Robert Fowles (; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work was influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others. After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired The Magus (1965), an instant best-seller that was directly in tune with 1960s "hippy" anarchism and experimental philosophy. This was followed by The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), a Victorian-era romance with a postmodern twist that was set in Lyme Regis, Dorset, where Fowles lived for much of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Fowles is the 1,022nd most popular writer (down from 993rd in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Writer.

John Fowles is most famous for his novel The French Lieutenant's Woman.

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Among writers, John Fowles ranks 1,022 out of 7,302. Before him are Fyodor Tyutchev, Nicolas Chamfort, Johann Peter Eckermann, Clément Marot, Eleanor H. Porter, and Ann Radcliffe. After him are Gregory Skovoroda, Egeria, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jean-Claude Carrière, Alexandra David-Néel, and Edith Södergran.

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Among people born in 1926, John Fowles ranks 71. Before him are Ingrid Thulin, Jean-Pierre Serre, Harry Dean Stanton, Salah Jadid, Sergio Corbucci, and Joan Sutherland. After him are Yoshio Okada, George Martin, Hilary Putnam, Jorge Medina, György Kurtág, and Andrew Schally. Among people deceased in 2005, John Fowles ranks 44. Before him are George F. Kennan, Akira Yoshizawa, Moustapha Akkad, Birgit Nilsson, Mary Jackson, and Brother Roger. After him are Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Robert Wise, Barbara Bel Geddes, Richard Smalley, Rosemary Kennedy, and Peter Benenson.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, John Fowles ranks 943 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Cowell (1959), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Thomas Cook (1808), Ray Milland (1907), and Ann Radcliffe (1764). After him are George Martin (1926), William Penn (1645), Naomi Watts (1968), Damon Hill (1960), G. I. Taylor (1886), and Ken Hensley (1945).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Fowles ranks 103. Before him are Samuel Butler (1612), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Philip Pullman (1946), George Gissing (1857), E. M. Forster (1879), and Ann Radcliffe (1764). After him are Thomas Malory (1405), Edmund Spenser (1552), James Hadley Chase (1906), John Dryden (1631), Robert Graves (1895), and Brian O'Nolan (1911).

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