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Patricia Highsmith

1921 - 1995

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Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patricia Highsmith is the 627th most popular writer (down from 495th in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from United States (down from 496th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Writer.

Patricia Highsmith is most famous for her book "The Talented Mr. Ripley."

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Among writers, Patricia Highsmith ranks 627 out of 7,302. Before her are Han Kang, Theodore Dreiser, Joan Fuster, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Francisco de Quevedo, and Poliziano. After her are Franz Werfel, André Chénier, Kumārajīva, Gabriele Amorth, Kōbō Abe, and Meera.

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Among people born in 1921, Patricia Highsmith ranks 35. Before her are Paulo Freire, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Vasily Smyslov, Gianni Agnelli, and Yoichiro Nambu. After her are Ralph Asher Alpher, Lana Turner, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Amin al-Hafiz, Satyajit Ray, and Deborah Kerr. Among people deceased in 1995, Patricia Highsmith ranks 24. Before her are Konrad Zuse, Anatoly Dyatlov, Christian B. Anfinsen, Teresa Teng, William Alfred Fowler, and Harold Wilson. After her are Clair Cameron Patterson, U Nu, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Lana Turner, Souphanouvong, and Donald Pleasence.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Highsmith ranks 807 out of 20,380. Before her are Terry Gilliam (1940), Larry Hagman (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Steven Weinberg (1933), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), and Jean Kennedy Smith (1928). After her are Michael J. Smith (1945), George Peppard (1928), Andrew Mellon (1855), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Quincy Jones (1933), and William Sadler (1950).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Patricia Highsmith ranks 69. Before her are Maya Angelou (1928), Washington Irving (1783), Bell hooks (1952), Ellen G. White (1827), Theodore Dreiser (1871), and Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875). After her are Allen Ginsberg (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Alvin Toffler (1928), Thomas Friedman (1953), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), and John Irving (1942).

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