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P. L. Travers

1899 - 1996

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Pamela Lyndon Travers ( TRAV-ərz; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-born British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, which feature the eponymous magical nanny. Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, and grew up in the Australian bush before being sent to boarding school in Sydney. Her writing was first published when she was a teenager, and she also worked briefly as a professional Shakespearean actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. P. L. Travers is the 1,065th most popular writer (up from 1,118th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Writer.

P. L. Travers is most famous for her children's novel, "Mary Poppins."

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Among writers, P. L. Travers ranks 1,065 out of 7,302. Before her are Adalbert Stifter, Radoje Domanović, Robert Graves, Brian O'Nolan, Clifford D. Simak, and Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh. After her are William Gibson, Nikolay Nekrasov, W. G. Sebald, Paul Bourget, Marcus Manilius, and Meša Selimović.

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Among people born in 1899, P. L. Travers ranks 48. Before her are Emma Morano, Charles Laughton, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Jean Moulin, James Cagney, and Lucio Fontana. After her are Ramon Novarro, Lev Kuleshov, Louis Hjelmslev, Charles Boyer, Sobhuza II, and Henri Michaux. Among people deceased in 1996, P. L. Travers ranks 51. Before her are Alain Poher, Martin Balsam, Marianne Bachmeier, J. R. Jayewardene, Max Manus, and Ernesto Geisel. After her are Nicu Ceaușescu, František Plánička, Timothy Leary, Koichi Oita, Piet Hein, and Georges Duby.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, P. L. Travers ranks 43 out of 1,143. Before her are Peter Weir (1944), Steve Irwin (1962), Johnny Logan (1954), Margot Robbie (1990), Kylie Minogue (1968), and Joan Sutherland (1926). After her are Julian Assange (1971), Sidney Nolan (1917), Lionel Logue (1880), James Clavell (1921), Mark Webber (1976), and Annette Kellermann (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, P. L. Travers ranks 2. Before her are Colleen McCullough (1937). After her are James Clavell (1921), Annette Kellermann (1887), Thomas Keneally (1935), Rhonda Byrne (1945), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Germaine Greer (1939), Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), John Flanagan (1944), and Gregory David Roberts (1952).

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