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Patricia Wrightson

1921 - 2010

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Patricia Wrightson OBE (19 June 1921 – 15 March 2010) was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books. Employing a magic realism style, her books, including the award-winning The Nargun and the Stars (1973), were among the first Australian books for children to draw on Australian Aboriginal mythology. Her 27 books have been published in 16 languages. For her "lasting contribution" as a children's writer, she received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patricia Wrightson is the 5,586th most popular writer (down from 5,465th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Australia (down from 247th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Australian Writer.

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Among writers, Patricia Wrightson ranks 5,586 out of 7,302. Before her are Mira Alečković, Guy Gavriel Kay, Ndre Mjeda, Natália Correia, Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, and Axel Merckx. After her are Varsha Adalja, Semir Osmanagić, Ion Agârbiceanu, Eugène Dabit, Robert Herrick, and Martin Cruz Smith.

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Among people born in 1921, Patricia Wrightson ranks 382. Before her are Regina Bianchi, Jesse Helms, Chico Hamilton, Paul Falk, Daniel Oduber Quirós, and Josef Holeček. After her are Rufina Gasheva, Walter Kaufmann, Giuseppe Moro, Franz Gabl, William Alston, and Alexis Smith. Among people deceased in 2010, Patricia Wrightson ranks 352. Before her are Federico Vairo, John Huchra, Gregory Isaacs, Kazimierz Paździor, Hédi Annabi, and Antoinette Meyer. After her are Marc Bazin, Pyotr Demichev, Eduard Novák, Michele Giordano, James Gammon, and Ilene Woods.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Patricia Wrightson ranks 288 out of 1,143. Before her are Dannii Minogue (1971), Snub Pollard (1889), Chrissy Amphlett (1959), Mathew Ryan (1992), David Walker (1941), and Wilberforce Eaves (1867). After her are Rachel Griffiths (1968), Dave Power (1928), Fleur Mellor (1936), Snowy Baker (1884), Thelma Coyne Long (1918), and Steven Bradbury (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Patricia Wrightson ranks 17. Before her are John Flanagan (1944), Gregory David Roberts (1952), Peter Carey (1943), Miles Franklin (1879), Joseph Jacobs (1854), and Greg Egan (1961). After her are Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), Banjo Paterson (1864), Henry Lawson (1867), Joan Lindsay (1896), and Adam Elliot (1972).

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