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Marie Corelli

1855 - 1924

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Mary Mackay (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli (, also UK: , US: ), was an English novelist. From the appearance of her first novel A Romance of Two Worlds in 1886, she became a bestselling fiction-writer, her works were largely concerned with Christianity, reincarnation, astral projection and mysticism. Yet despite her many distinguished patrons, she was often ridiculed by critics. Corelli lived her later years in Stratford-upon-Avon, whose historic buildings she fought hard to preserve. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Corelli is the 2,556th most popular writer (up from 2,900th in 2019). (up from 2,284th in 2019)

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Among writers, Marie Corelli ranks 2,556 out of 7,302. Before her are Ariwara no Narihira, Neil Simon, Dmytro Dontsov, Nikolay Kostomarov, Ceija Stojka, and Dnyaneshwar. After her are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Herman Gorter, Maurice Joly, Archibald Gracie IV, Licinius Macer Calvus, and Guillén de Castro y Bellvis.

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Among people born in 1855, Marie Corelli ranks 45. Before her are Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Pavlos Kountouriotis, James S. Sherman, Narayana Guru, Alexandre Darracq, and Giovanni Pascoli. After her are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Christian Bohr, Albert F. Mummery, Hermes da Fonseca, and Samad bey Mehmandarov. Among people deceased in 1924, Marie Corelli ranks 56. Before her are Carl Anton Larsen, Eugène Simon, Sergei Lyapunov, Wollert Konow, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, and Edwin Montagu. After her are Nilo Peçanha, Oskar Merikanto, Wilhelm Roux, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Hans Thoma, and Xaver Scharwenka.

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