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Michael Moorcock

1939 - Today

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Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, originally of science fiction and fantasy, who has published many well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has worked as an editor and is also a successful musician. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, which were a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s. As editor of the British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States, leading to the advent of cyberpunk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Moorcock is the 1,632nd most popular writer (down from 1,558th in 2019), the 1,474th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,189th in 2019) and the 159th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Michael Moorcock ranks 1,632 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Jordan, S. Ansky, Rodulfus Glaber, Lycophron, Wen Tianxiang, and Ira Levin. After him are Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Harlan Coben, Pehr Henrik Ling, Babrius, and Robert Desnos.

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Among people born in 1939, Michael Moorcock ranks 113. Before him are Marco Bellocchio, Dusty Springfield, Warda Al-Jazairia, Feroz Khan, Kathryn Joosten, and George F. R. Ellis. After him are Velibor Vasović, Krzysztof Zanussi, Ryozo Suzuki, Tarcisio Burgnich, Bernard Kouchner, and Seán Brady.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Moorcock ranks 1,474 out of 8,785. Before him are Rod Evans (1947), Paul Di'Anno (1958), David Hemmings (1941), Bob Paisley (1919), Catherine Bell (1968), and Steve Hackett (1950). After him are Cheryl (1983), John Gay (1685), Cliff Williams (1949), David Thewlis (1963), Claire Forlani (1971), and Princess Marie of Orléans (1865).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Moorcock ranks 159. Before him are Thomas Chatterton (1752), Joseph Needham (1900), Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), John Mandeville (1300), and Constance Lloyd (1858). After him are John Gay (1685), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Karen Armstrong (1944), Robert Harris (1957), and Eleanor Hibbert (1906).

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