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Ngaio Marsh

1895 - 1982

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Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh ( NY-oh; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand writer. As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Marsh is known as one of the "Queens of Crime", along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. She is known primarily for her character Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a gentleman detective who works for the Metropolitan Police (London). The Ngaio Marsh Awards are awarded annually for the best New Zealand mystery, crime and thriller fiction writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ngaio Marsh is the 4,482nd most popular writer (down from 4,113th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 41st in 2019) and the 4th most popular New Zealander Writer.

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Among writers, Ngaio Marsh ranks 4,482 out of 7,302. Before her are Kikkuli, John Stott, Zainab Biisheva, Tracy Chevalier, C. J. Cherryh, and Ludwig Bechstein. After her are Andrée Chedid, Zaharia Stancu, Norman Manea, David Mamet, Tullio Pinelli, and Yosef Haim Brenner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Ngaio Marsh ranks 215. Before her are Leo Ornstein, Charles King, Itō Noe, Julijans Vaivods, Alexander Mikulin, and Ernest Labrousse. After her are Brian Horrocks, Carl Westergren, Gerald Patterson, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Louis Calhern, and Henry Gunther. Among people deceased in 1982, Ngaio Marsh ranks 186. Before her are Stanisław Ostrowski, Mirabehn, Marie Rambert, Renzo Rossellini, Marie Braun, and Palden Thondup Namgyal. After her are Jimmy McGrory, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Yuen Ren Chao, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Sonny Stitt, and Fernando Lamas.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Ngaio Marsh ranks 54 out of 303. Before her are Meri Mangakāhia (1868), Keith Urban (1967), Peter Snell (1938), Manu Bennett (1969), Roy Kerr (1934), and Gary Thain (1948). After her are Rob Hall (1961), Ronald Syme (1903), Raymond Firth (1901), Warren Cole (1940), Taika Waititi (1975), and Vaughan Jones (1952).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Ngaio Marsh ranks 4. Before her are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Richard Curtis (1956), and Janet Frame (1924). After her are Hugh Walpole (1884), Keri Hulme (1947), Margaret Mahy (1936), Philippa Boyens (2000), Anthony McCarten (1961), and Ruth Park (1917).

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