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John Galsworthy

1867 - 1933

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John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called The Forsyte Saga, and two later trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born to a prosperous upper-middle-class family, Galsworthy was destined for a career as a lawyer, but found it uncongenial and turned instead to writing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Galsworthy is the 422nd most popular writer (up from 465th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 333rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Writer.

John Galsworthy is most famous for his trilogy of novels, "The Forsyte Saga."

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Among writers, John Galsworthy ranks 422 out of 7,302. Before him are Henning Mankell, Arthur de Gobineau, Jack Kerouac, Pietro Aretino, Paula Hitler, and Ennius. After him are Propertius, Ian Fleming, Attar of Nishapur, Isabelle de Charrière, Saint-John Perse, and Jacques Prévert.

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Among people born in 1867, John Galsworthy ranks 13. Before him are Frank Lloyd Wright, Emily Greene Balch, Luigi Pirandello, Louise, Princess Royal, Pierre Bonnard, and Arturo Toscanini. After him are Käthe Kollwitz, Emil Nolde, Johannes Fibiger, Arnold Bennett, Natsume Sōseki, and Władysław Reymont. Among people deceased in 1933, John Galsworthy ranks 7. Before him are Clara Zetkin, Faisal I of Iraq, Calvin Coolidge, Li Ching-Yuen, Constantine P. Cavafy, and Adolf Loos. After him are 13th Dalai Lama, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Paul Ehrenfest, Jimmie Rodgers, Sándor Ferenczi, and Wilhelm Cuno.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Galsworthy ranks 403 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Gillan (1945), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Gary Oldman (1958), Henry Moseley (1887), and Claude Rains (1889). After him are John Kendrew (1917), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Ian Fleming (1908), Nigel Farage (1964), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), and John Hawkins (1532).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Galsworthy ranks 39. Before him are John Keats (1795), Jane Hawking (1944), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792), Christopher Marlowe (1564), William Wordsworth (1770), and Graham Greene (1904). After him are Ian Fleming (1908), Philip Larkin (1922), Thomas De Quincey (1785), Samuel Butler (1835), Ken Follett (1949), and Arnold Bennett (1867).

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