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John le Carré

1931 - 2020

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David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( lə-KARR-ay), was a British author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John le Carré is the 741st most popular writer (up from 811th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 616th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Writer.

John le carré is most famous for his spy novels.

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Among writers, John le Carré ranks 741 out of 7,302. Before him are Judah Halevi, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Aristarchus of Samothrace, Louise Hay, Emilio Salgari, and Iris Murdoch. After him are Sinclair Lewis, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Eduardo Galeano, Edmond Rostand, Jean Froissart, and Antoine Galland.

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Among people born in 1931, John le Carré ranks 49. Before him are Aldo Rossi, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Richard F. Heck, Guy Debord, Khieu Samphan, and John Gavin. After him are Nawal El Saadawi, Kakuichi Mimura, William Shatner, Viktor Korchnoi, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Hamilton O. Smith. Among people deceased in 2020, John le Carré ranks 34. Before him are Frances E. Allen, Rob Rensenbrink, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Stanley Cohen, John Lewis, and Diana Rigg. After him are Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Arthur Ashkin, Lee Teng-hui, Little Richard, Juliette Gréco, and Kenny Rogers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John le Carré ranks 689 out of 8,785. Before him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Roger Glover (1945), Æthelflæd (869), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), and Lady Katherine Grey (1540). After him are Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Robert Smith (1959), Deborah Kerr (1921), Tristan (535), Stanley Rous (1895), and Capability Brown (1716).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, John le Carré ranks 73. Before him are Walter Raleigh (1554), Muriel Spark (1918), Matthew Lewis (1775), Patrick White (1912), Robert Burton (1577), and Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090). After him are Edgar Wallace (1875), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), William Beckford (1760), Henry Fielding (1707), Ben Jonson (1572), and Jerome K. Jerome (1859).

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